What does “the Achilles Heel” bring?
In Feb 24th, German diver, Sascha kLein beat Zhou Luxin in men’s 10m platform, becoming the first as well as the last foreign gold medalist of this World Cup. His victory crashed China’s diving party and also put the Achilles Heel of Chinese team under the sunshine once again since last year’s world championships in Melbourne.
This World Cup was held in Water Cube, National Aquatics Centre. Most of the audience was Chinese and of Course, what they anticipated was a big haul of medals dropped into the pocket of Chinese team. Zhou’s failure disappointed them. In their point of view, he should have won the game. As for Zhou, the great pressure accounted for it and he was not in a good condition, especially after the previous World Championship.
However, to some extent, the Achilles Heel delivers a glimmer of hope to other nations and motivation to China. Diving is one of best events of China. They never lack of marvelous divers. China’s nation anthem winds around the venue once and once again, which looks like a great mountain suppressing other teams.
But the Achilles Heel gives them an opportunity to crawl out of the mountain. The German caught it. When I saw them cheering with champagnes, I also felt happy for them. They deserve the hard-won medal. Meanwhile, China should happy for them too. We can imagine how awful it is when you cannot meet a rival. Now they have a lot of work to do. They need to find a way to consummate their routine to bring the glory back.
Hope China will fulfill their mission perfectly.
May the best man win!