Beijing time on June 29, the 2022 FINA World Championships ended in Budapest on the third day of the diving event. The Chinese team won two more gold medals. In the men's 33-meter springboard finals, Wang Zongyuan led the way and won the championship with 561.95 points, while Cao Yuan won the runner-up with 492.85 points. In the men's synchronized 10-meter platform final that ended later, Lian Junjie / Yang Hao led the way and won the gold medal with 467.79 points. So far, all four gold medals in the diving event have been won by the Chinese team.
The Chinese diving team has always been known as the " dream team ". At last year's Tokyo Olympics, they won 7 gold medals and 5 silver medals. They were only short of winning all the gold medals in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform event. After the Olympic Games, veterans such as Shi Tingmao and Wang Han chose to retire, but the Chinese diving team still has Olympic champions such as Cao Yuan and Quan Hongchan. This time, Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan partnered up to participate in the men's 3-meter springboard competition. On the first day of the diving competition, they partnered to win the men's doubles 3-meter springboard championship. In the semi-finals, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan ranked top two and entered the final.
Wang Zongyuan was in excellent condition after the final started. He completed the first three moves very beautifully, and scored more than 90 points for each jump. 407C (inward somersault with three-and-a-half-week tuck) scored 91.80 points, 5337D (reverse somersault with one-and-a-half weeks of twisting and three-and-a-half-week tuck) scored 94.50 points, and 5156B (forward somersault with two-and-a-half weeks of twisting and three-and-a-half-week pike) scored 94.50 points. 93.60 points. At the halfway point of the schedule, Wang Zongyuan ranked first with 279.90 points. Cao Yuan performed very steadily in the finals and completed the first three jumps smoothly. He ranked second with 254.85 points. In the fourth jump of
, Cao Yuan’s 407C was of good quality, but the splash effect was a bit poor. This jump got 83.30 points, and the total score became 338.15 points. Wang Zongyuan did 307C (reflexive somersault three-and-a-half times with knees held). The aerial movements were very standard, and the splash was a little big. This jump scored 89.25 points, and the total score became 369.15 points. After the four jumps, the two Chinese players continued to rank in the top two.
In the fifth jump, Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan's performance was still stable. Their scores were both above 85 points, and they continued to rank in the top two. In the last jump, Wang Zongyuan brought the final to a perfect end. In 109C (forward somersault with four-quarter tuck and half tuck), his movements were very beautiful and the splash effect was also very good. The judges scored 9.5 points. This jump scored 106.40 points, and the total was 106.40 points. The score is 561.95 points. Cao Yuan's 109C made another mistake and only scored 66.50 points. His total score was 492.85 points. In this way, Wang Zongyuan won the championship without any suspense, Cao Yuan won the runner-up, and Britain's Raffl won the bronze medal with 473.30 points.
Before this World Championships, the Chinese team had achieved three consecutive World Championships in the men's doubles 10-meter platform event. Chen Aisen participated in these three championships. This time Chen Aisen did not participate, and Yang Hao partnered with Lian Junjie. At the Tokyo Olympics, the only gold medal the Chinese diving team lost was the men's synchronized 10-meter platform, so this time in Budapest, the Chinese diving team is eager for this gold medal. In the preliminaries, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao performed very steadily. They led the way and advanced to the first place with 452.25 points. After the
finals started, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao were in better condition. The first two sets of prescribed actions scored 57.60 points and 57 points respectively, ranking first with a total score of 114.60 points. The third jump began to enter the optional action. On the 407C, the two cooperated very well and the synchronization was excellent. This jump scored 89.28 points, and the total score was 203.88 points. They still ranked first. The next 307C and 5253B, both of them completed well, especially the synchronization was excellent, and the referee once scored 10 points. These two items scored 85.68 points and 88.32 points respectively, and the total score became 377.88 points. After the five jumps, they continued to lead. At this time, they were more than 35 points ahead of the second-ranked British combination Matthew /Williams.
Yang Hao made some mistakes in the last jump of 109C. Fortunately, the synchronization between the two was still good. This jump scored 89.91 points, with a total score of 467.79 points. They successfully won the championship. The Chinese team achieved four consecutive championships in the men's doubles 10-meter platform at the World Championships, and the British team won the runner-up with 427.71 points.
