Good news came again from Brapas, Hungary. In the World Diving Championships held yesterday, the Chinese delegation once again won three gold medals, namely Quan Hongchan /Bai Yuming's mixed all-around, Lin Shan/ Zhu Zifeng 's mixed doubles 3m springboard and Li Yajie women's 1m springboard. This brings the total number of gold medals of the Chinese team to 12, 5 gold medals behind the first-ranked American team. With 6 diving events left, there is still a chance to overtake the American team.
Mixed all-around diving gold medal: Bai Yuming/Quan Hongchan
Two 15-year-old teenagers participated in the World Championships for the first time, and Quan Hongchan’s coach made a temporary decision to let her participate before the competition. In the face of various difficulties, Quan Hongchan/Bai Yuming relied on their stable performance to astonish the audience. This was not only their first World Championship gold medal, but also the 100th gold medal won by Chinese diving team in the history of the World Championships. Significance. In this way, Quan Hongchan won one gold and one silver at this World Championships. She will also compete in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform competition with her teammate Chen Yuxi . We look forward to her wonderful performance again.
Mixed doubles 3-meter springboard diving gold medal: Lin Shan/Zhu Zifeng
Since each country's delegation can only send one group of players to participate in the mixed doubles competition, the Chinese team asked Lin Shan to give up the 1-meter springboard competition in order to ensure the gold medal. During the competition, the two took the lead from the first jump, leading all the way through stable performance and always keeping the advantage in their own hands. In the end, the two scored a high score of 324.15 points, easily winning the championship with an advantage of more than 30 points ahead of the second place.
Women's one-meter springboard champion: Li Yajie
Since the one-meter springboard event is not an Olympic event, the Chinese team does not pay enough attention to this event. It is only one year before the World Championships that three-meter springboard athletes will be arranged to compete in the one-meter springboard event. training. A few hours before the start of the game, in order to ensure the gold medal in the mixed doubles competition, Lin Shan was temporarily asked to give up this event. All the pressure was on Li Yajie alone.
Compared with the other two projects that easily won the championship, Li Yajie’s road to victory was not easy. Mistakes have been with her since the preliminaries, but she adjusted her state in time and entered the finals as the first in the preliminaries.
In the finals, Li Yajie chose a very difficult move and ranked first among all the players. She also wanted to use more challenging moves to win the approval of the judges. But the game did not go smoothly, especially after she made consecutive mistakes in the second and third jumps. Her ranking fell behind Canadian player Mia Valle, which made the Chinese audience very worried. In the fourth item, Li Yajie chose an action with a difficulty coefficient of 3.0, which is also the most difficult action among all the contestants. She jumped high and the coaching team burst into cheers the moment she fell into the water. Li Yajie also relied on this move to overtake his opponent. In the last two jumps, Li Yajie performed steadily and did not give his opponent another chance. He won the championship with a total score of 300.85, which was a good start for the Chinese team in today's competition.
