Chen Yiwen continues the glory of the Chinese women's 3-meter springboard in the World Championships. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Xiao) In the early morning of July 3rd, Beijing time, the women's 3-meter springboard gold medal was determined at the Budapest World Championships. Chen Yiwen won the championship with 366.90 points, and Chang Yani won the third place. The Chinese diving team not only continued to maintain the gold medal harvesting mode at this World Championships, but also achieved an impressive record of winning 11 consecutive championships in the women's 3-meter springboard World Championships.
At the 1986 World Championships in Madrid, Gao Min won the women's 3-meter springboard final, winning the first World Championship gold medal for the Chinese diving team. So far, Chinese players have only failed to win the gold medal in this event at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, showing their strong dominance in this event. The perfect inheritance of
is the biggest feature of the Chinese diving team athletes’ long-lasting success in the women’s 3-meter springboard event. After winning the gold medal at the 1986 World Championships in Madrid, Gao Min defended his title at the 1991 World Championships in Perth. Three years later in Rome, Tan Shuping won the Chinese team's third World Championship gold medal in this event. After falling behind in the 1998 championship, the Chinese diving team officially started its "monopoly" on the women's 3-meter springboard gold medal at the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships: Guo Jingjing achieved five consecutive championships in this event. After she faded out, Wu Minxia , He Zi won gold medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships. The "Shi Tingmao Era" began at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, and she won the title three times in a row.
Chen Yiwen (left) and Chang Yani took a group photo after the award ceremony. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Now the baton is passed again. Chen Yiwen, who won the women's 1-meter springboard championship for the Chinese team at the Gwangju World Championships, stood on the highest podium of the women's 3-meter springboard at the Budapest World Championships. This final was not Chen Yiwen’s highest level performance. She said frankly after the game that she did not let go all the way and her movements were relatively conservative because “there was a lot of pressure before. Every event in the team won gold medals, and Chang Ya and I Ni has been waiting for the game to start." After
successfully won the gold medal, Chen Yiwen instantly relaxed. At present, she and Chang Yani have adjusted to the best mentality - their World Championships are not over yet. On the afternoon of July 3rd, Beijing time, the two will join hands to compete in the women's doubles 3-meter springboard. In the preliminaries, they will challenge for the women's doubles 3-meter springboard championship, which will be decided in the evening.
women's doubles 3-meter springboard and men's 10-meter platform are the last two events in the diving competition of the World Championships in Budapest. Yang Hao and Yang Jian advanced to the men's 10-meter platform final with the top two results in the semifinals. The Chinese diving team is only two steps away from winning the gold medal at this World Championships.
editor Wang Chunqiu
proofreader Zhao Lin
