On June 30, 2022, the World Championships in Budapest entered a fierce stage. The Chinese diving team achieved another great result. The women's synchronized 10-meter platform final ended. Quan Hongchan / Chen Yuxi won the championship with a score of 368.40 points. This It is the 13th gold medal of the Chinese team in this World Championships and the 8th gold medal in diving. Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi achieved double crowns. Quan Hongchan participated in the World Championships for the first time and gained a lot with 2 gold medals and 1 silver.
This time the Chinese team sent its strongest lineup to compete in 13 diving events. Among them, the women's 110-meter platform set two gold medals, which became the focus of the coaching staff's preparations. In the women's 10-meter platform final, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan Winning the championship and runner-up, Quan Hongchan and Bai Yuming won the mixed all-around gold medal. The two young players performed stably and their overall performance was remarkable. It can be said that they formed a strong team to participate in the competition.
Just last year at the Olympics, Quan Hongchan won the women's 10-meter platform gold medal, and Chen Yuxi partnered with Zhang Jiaqi to win the women's synchronized 10-meter platform gold medal. This time the coaching staff adjusted the lineup and sent Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi The competition was highly anticipated by everyone. At the end of the five preliminaries, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi ranked first and advanced to the finals with a good score of 352.08 points. They were arranged by FINA to play in the finale.
The finals were held in five rounds. The two highest scores were removed, the two lowest scores were removed, the three valid scores were added, multiplied by the difficulty coefficient, which is the score of the contestants. In the first round, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi scored 55.20 points , 201B (backward somersault half-circle pike) with a difficulty coefficient of 2.0. Normally, the first two movements are less difficult. Many players' results are relatively close, and they have to wait until later to widen the gap.
In the second round, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi scored 56.40 points, with a difficulty factor of 2.0 in 301B (reflexive somersault half-circle flexion), reappearing the splash disappearing technique. Two of the judges scored 10 points, and Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi continued. Expanding their lead, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi scored 79.20 points in the third round and chose 107B (forward somersault three-and-a-half-week bend) with a difficulty level of 3.0. The suspense about the championship was lost early.
In the fourth round, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi scored 88.32 points, with a difficulty coefficient of 3.2 in 407C (three and a half weeks of inward somersaulting with knees held), ranking first with a total score of 279.12 points, more than 40 points ahead of , the Malaysian combination, and fifth. Lunquan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi jumped out of 5253B with a difficulty level of 3.2 (two-and-a-half-week backward somersault and one-and-a-half-week bend) with a score of 89.28. The two judges scored 10 points.
In the end, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi won the women's synchronized 10-meter platform championship with a score of 368.40 points. This was the second gold medal for Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi at this World Championships, achieving a double crown. Hongchan won three medals, 2 golds and 1 silver. The American team completed a comeback with the performance of the last jump and won a silver medal. The Malaysian team won the bronze.
