On June 30, Beijing time, the 2022 FINA World Championships ended in Budapest on the fourth day of the diving competition. The Chinese team won two more gold medals. Li Yajie successfully won the women's 1-meter springboard final, while Zhu Zifeng /Lin Shan led the way and won the men's and women's mixed synchronized 3-meter springboard championship. So far, the Chinese diving team has won 7 gold medals in this world championship.
The Chinese team originally included Li Yajie and Lin Shan in the women's 1-meter springboard competition, but Lin Shan chose to withdraw before the game, leaving only Li Yajie in the Chinese team. In the preliminaries, Li Yajie performed steadily. She ranked first in the preliminaries with 278.95 points and entered the final. In the first jump, Li Yajie did the 403B with a difficulty coefficient of 2.4 (a one-and-a-half-turn inward somersault). The aerial movements and splashes were very beautiful. This jump scored 57.60 points. After the first round, Li Yajie ranked first.
In the next round, Li Yajie did 105B (two and a half forward somersaults). She completed it quite well, scoring 62.40 points, with a total score of 120.00 points. After two rounds, Li Yajie temporarily ranked second, and Canada's Vali overtook the first place with 121.25 points. Li Yajie's third jump was 203B (a one-and-a-half-turn backward somersault). She made a mistake in this action and only scored 49.45 points, bringing her total score to 169.45 points. Vali's third jump was also average, scoring 55.50 points, and the total score was 176.75 points. After three rounds, Vali and Li Yajie continued to rank in the top two.
In the fourth round, Li Yajie did 305C with a difficulty level of 3.0 (reflexive somersaults with two and a half knees), which was her highest level of difficulty in this final. Li Yajie quickly recovered from his mistake in the previous jump. He jumped from a good height, but the effect of entering the water was a little worse. He scored 69 points in this jump, with a total score of 238.45 points. After this round, Li Yajie returned to the leading position, leading Vali by 9.95 points. In the last jump, Li Yajie did 5333D (reflexive somersault one and a half times and one and a half turns). She withstood the pressure, successfully completed the somersault, and entered the water. The effect of entering the water was good, with an effective score of 8 points. This jump scored 62.40 points. The total score is 300.85 points. In the end, Li Yajie won the championship with this result. Vali made a mistake in the last jump and only scored 48.10 points. She won the bronze medal with 276.60 points, and Bacon of the US team won the silver medal with 276.65 points.
In the mixed men's and women's 3-meter springboard competition, the Chinese team is partnered by Zhu Zifeng and Lin Shan. This event has become an official event of the World Championships since 2015. The Chinese team has won two consecutive championships. However, at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, the Chinese team gave up this event in order to prepare for individual events. This time the Chinese team re-enters the competition, and the Chinese combination with a more balanced male and female strength is the favorite to win. A total of 13 pairs of players participated in this game, and the Chinese pair appeared in the 4th one. The first two jumps were prescribed actions, and the two did very well in synchronization. They scored 54.60 points and 52.20 points respectively. After two rounds, Zhu Zifeng/Lin Shan ranked first with 106.80 points.
started to enter the optional action from the third jump. The Chinese combination did 205B with a difficulty coefficient of 3.0 (backward somersault for two and a half weeks). The two successfully completed this jump and did a very good job in synchronization. The synchronization score reached 8.5 points. This jump scored 72 points, and the total score became 178.80 points. After three rounds, the Chinese team continued to lead, and the Italian team rose to second place.
In the next round, the Chinese combination did 107B with a difficulty coefficient of 3.1 (forward somersault three and a half pike). Zhu Zifeng completed this jump well, but Lin Shan stepped back a little while walking, the angle of entry into the water was a little off, and the splash was slightly larger. However, the synchronization between the two is still very good. This jump scored 69.75 points, and the total score became 248.55 points. After the four rounds, Zhu Zifeng/Lin Shan continued to rank first, and the Italian team's Santoro/Perlacani ranked second.
The last jump the Chinese team performed was 5152B with a difficulty coefficient of 3.0 (forward somersault for two and a half turns and one pike). The two people completed this jump beautifully, with good splash effect and synchronization. There was a referee. The synchronization score was 9.5 points, this jump scored 75.60 points, and the total score became 324.15 points. In this way, Zhu Zifeng/Lin Shan won the gold medal, Santoro/Perracani won the silver medal with 293.55 points, and the British team's Heatley/Reed won the bronze medal with 287.61 points.
