In the 2022 FINA World Championships diving competition, in the women's 1-meter springboard final, young player Li Yajie staged a comeback. After falling behind by nearly 10 points, he defeated American player Bacon and Canadian player Va in two consecutive rounds. Lee won the gold medal. It is worth mentioning that this is the first World Championships gold medal in her career and the sixth gold medal for the Chinese diving team. After the game, Li Yajie expressed his gratitude to coach Shi Tingmao , and also said: I was very nervous before the game, but the goal was to win the gold medal and I didn’t think too much about it.
Li Yajie is 20 years old this year. In 2019, Li Yajie won the men's and women's mixed three-meter springboard championship and the women's one-meter springboard runner-up at the Second National Youth Games. Subsequently, at the 2021 National Diving Championships, Li Yajie set a new record for the highest score among Chinese athletes in diving events in recent years with a total score of 318.35 points. On June 10, 2022, Li Yajie was selected into the Chinese diving team to represent the country in the World Championships for the first time.
However, Li Yajie performed very well in the competition. In the preliminaries, she competed against the American star Bacon and the Canadian star Valli to advance to the first place, with a score of 278.95 points.
came to the finals. Li Yajie’s first jump was 403B, with a difficulty factor of 2.4. She performed very well and scored 57.60 points, ranking first. Then she jumped with a second jump of 105B, with a difficulty factor of 2.6. Li Yajie scored 62.40 points, with a total score of 120.00 points. Canada The famous player Valli took the lead with 121.25 points. The third jump was 203B, with a difficulty coefficient of 2.3. Li Yajie scored 49.45 points, with a total score of 169.45 points, 7.30 points behind Vali, and ranked second again.
The fourth jump was 305C, with a difficulty coefficient of 3.0. Li Yajie scored 69 points, with a total score of 238.45 points, successfully overtaking Vali (228.50 points) and taking the first place. It is worth mentioning that Li Yajie leads Vali by 9.95 points. With such a point difference, as long as no major mistakes are made in the last jump, the gold medal is guaranteed. The last jump was 5333D, with a difficulty coefficient of 2.6. Li Yajie scored 62.40 points and finally ranked first with a total score of 300.85 points. The American star Bacon relied on the last jump to overtake the Canadian player Vali and ranked second with a slight advantage of 0.05 points.
Since then, in the women's 1-meter springboard final of this World Championships, Chinese teenager Li Yajie won the gold medal with 300.85 points, American star Bacon won the silver medal with 276.65 points, and Canada's Valli won the bronze medal with 276.60 points.
It is worth mentioning that this is Li Yajie’s first World Championship gold medal in his career. It is also the Chinese diving team’s sixth gold medal in this World Championship and the 101st gold medal in team history.
After the game, Li Yajie expressed his gratitude to coach Shi Tingmao: "I am very excited and I am very satisfied to be able to participate." Li Yajie said, "I have been very nervous before the game. The goal is the gold medal, but I didn't think much about it. There are many seniors and teammates in the team. Everyone is enlightening me, especially coach Shi Tingmao, who has always encouraged me and taught me how to adjust my mood, mobilize myself, and calm down before the competition. "Now, Li Yajie has lived up to expectations and successfully won the gold medal to refresh his personal history.
On the other side, the Chinese diving team's Lin Shan / Zhu Zifeng combination won the men's and women's mixed 3-meter springboard championship, helping the Chinese diving team win the seventh gold.
So far, the Chinese diving team has won the following gold medals: Women's 1-meter springboard Li Yajie, men's 3-meter springboard Wang Zongyuan ( Cao Yuan won the silver medal), Women's 10-meter platform Chen Yuxi ( Quan Hongchan won the silver medal), men's doubles 3-meter springboard Wang Zongyuan/Cao Yuan, men's doubles 10-meter platform Lian Junjie / Yang Hao , men's and women's mixed all-around Bai Yuming/Quan Hongchan, men's and women's mixed 3-meter springboard Lin Shan/ Zhu Zifeng.
Next, the main gold medal events for the Chinese diving team include: women's 3-meter springboard, men's 10-meter platform , women's doubles 3-meter springboard, women's doubles 10-meter platform, and mixed men's and women's 10-meter platform. We are looking forward to the wonderful performances of Chinese athletes. Performance!
