China’s diving “dream team” continues to make great strides at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In the men's 3-meter diving final held on the 28th, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan won the championship and runner-up without any suspense. British star Laffer won the bronze

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China's diving " dream team " continues to make great progress at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In the men's 3-meter diving final held on the 28th, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan won the championship and runner-up without any suspense. Although the British star Laffer made a major mistake in the fourth jump, he still relied on the last two jumps. Won a bronze medal for his outstanding performance.

China’s diving “dream team” continues to make great strides at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In the men's 3-meter diving final held on the 28th, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan won the championship and runner-up without any suspense. British star Laffer won the bronze  - DayDayNewshtml On June 28, Wang Zongyuan was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong

Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan had already partnered to win the doubles 3-meter springboard competition. When it came to the singles event, the two advanced to the finals as the top two in the semifinals. From the first jump of

, Wang Zongyuan has been leading the way. Out of all 6 actions, he got the highest score in 5 of the rounds. In the end, he won the championship with a huge advantage of 561.95 points, 69.10 points ahead of Cao Yuan, who ranked second.

"In today's final, the middle three jumps still felt a bit worse. The three movements of 307C, 207C and 5156B are still a bit regretful, but the first two jumps and the last jump are still quite satisfactory." Wang Zongyuan said in an interview after the game. At the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Zongyuan lost to his teammate Xie Siyu and won the silver medal in this event.

“In fact, during the competition, I pay more attention to my own movements, rather than focusing on how many points or where I am. I don’t look at the difference between my opponent’s score and mine or how my opponent dances. Instead, I think about my own performance. Various technical essentials," Wang Zongyuan said.

27-year-old veteran Cao Yuan has won silver medals in this event for two consecutive World Championships. This is also his 13th medal in the Olympic Games and World Championships. In the history of men's diving, only the legendary Russian Saudin has won more medals in these two competitions.

China’s diving “dream team” continues to make great strides at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In the men's 3-meter diving final held on the 28th, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan won the championship and runner-up without any suspense. British star Laffer won the bronze  - DayDayNewshtml On June 28, Cao Yuan was in the game. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong photo

"Today there are still some places that are not stable enough. There are some details, such as the take-off height and posture that are not handled well enough. If this can be more perfect, the score may be higher." Cao Yuan said.

The bronze medalist in this event at the Tokyo Olympics, British star Laver, won a bronze medal in a "thrilling" way. At the last World Championships, while leading all the way, Laffer made a serious mistake in the last jump of 207C and lost the gold medal. In this final, he put 207C on his fourth jump. As a result, he made another major mistake and only scored 37.80 points. After this round, his ranking dropped to sixth.

Fortunately, the 27-year-old veteran adjusted his mentality in time and performed well in the last two jumps, scoring 91.20 and 97.50 respectively, and finally won the bronze medal with 473.30 points.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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