Beijing time on July 2, 2022, the diving event of the Budapest World Swimming Championships concluded the mixed doubles 10-meter platform final. The Chinese combination Ren Qian/Duan Yu successfully won the championship. This is the Chinese diving team won at this World Championships. 10th gold medal. On the medal list, the Chinese team is temporarily in second place, only two gold medals behind the US team. To overtake the US team, the Chinese diving team needs to win the remaining three gold medals.
At this World Championships, although the Chinese diving team was dominated by young athletes, it once again showed its strong strength. It won all 9 gold medals in the first 5 competition days, winning almost every event with an absolute advantage, making its opponents despair. The 10th gold medal in the diving event was the mixed doubles 10-meter platform. China sent Ren Qian/Duan Yu to participate. This pair lived up to expectations, with very high synchronization and quality of movements. They led the way and finally won the championship with an absolute advantage of 341.16 points.
So far, the Chinese diving team has reached double figures in gold medals, which is gratifying. This is the second time Ren Qian has won the mixed doubles 10-meter platform gold medal at the World Championships. Her previous partner was Lian Junjie . The competition for the runner-up in this event was fierce. With their outstanding performance at the last moment, the Ukrainian combination won the runner-up with a 1.11-point advantage over the American team. The American team won the bronze medal in this event.
After the competition day, the ranking of the medal list has not changed. The United States team has won 17 gold medals and still ranks first. The Chinese team has 15 gold medals and ranks second. The Chinese team is only two gold medals behind the US team, and the battle for the top spot is getting increasingly fierce. There are two major life-and-death battles next. First, if the US team wants to hold on to the top spot, it only needs a gold medal. After all, the US team has a lot of silver medals. The U.S. team has reached the women's water polo finals and will compete with the Hungarian team for the gold medal. If the U.S. team wins, it will lock in the first place in the medal list in advance.
If the American team misses the women's water polo gold medal, the Chinese team will hope to overtake the American team. The second biggest life-and-death battle is for the Chinese team to win the remaining three diving gold medals, namely the women's single 3-meter springboard, the women's double 3-meter springboard, and the men's 10-meter platform . The women's single 3-meter springboard preliminaries and semi-finals have ended. The two Chinese players Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani performed stably and had obvious advantages. As long as they perform normally, it is difficult to miss this gold medal. As for the other two events, the Chinese team also has obvious advantages. Therefore, it is a high probability event that the Chinese diving team will win all the gold medals, and it also gives us hope of defeating the American team in the medal standings.
Next, the World Championships entered the penultimate competition day, and a total of 2 gold medals were produced, namely the women's single 3-meter diving springboard and the women's water polo. After these two events, the competition situation in the medal list will become clearer. In addition, the men's 10-meter platform preliminaries and semi-finals will also be held on this competition day. Yang Jian and Yang Hao will appear together. I wish the Chinese players good luck!
