In the early morning of July 4th, Beijing time, the diving event of the World Swimming Championships ended. In the men's singles 10-meter platform final, Chinese player Yang Jian staged a great comeback, falling behind by 18.1 points, and finally took the lead. He overtook Japanese players to win the championship with 27.55 points, helping the Chinese diving team win 13 gold medals, creating the best record in the world championships in team history. After the game, the Japanese players were very frustrated, which was also related to their own mistakes.
In this event, the Chinese diving team sent Yang Jian and Yang Hao to form a double insurance. Judging from the results and rankings of the preliminaries and semi-finals, the Chinese team’s biggest opponent for the championship is Japanese player Rikuto Tamai, both ranked No. Third, Yang Jian ranked first in the preliminaries and Yang Hao ranked first in the semi-finals. They will advance to the finals together. The championship will be won among the above three people. There is suspense.
The first jump of the final started, and the three scores were firmly in the top three. In the third jump, Yang Jian, known as the "King of Difficulty", made a major mistake. The 5156B action only scored 66.5 points, with a total score of 232.00 points. Directly Dropped to seventh place, 18.10 points behind the top spot. At the same time, Yang Hao also made mistakes. Tamai Rikuto rose to first place and saw hope of winning the championship.
Before this World Championships, the Japanese diving team had only won one silver medal in the women's synchronized three-meter springboard, which was their first medal in 11 years.
After that, Yang Hao's performance was unstable and he could not catch up with Rikuto Tamai. If the Chinese diving team wants to win this gold medal, it depends on Yang Jian. In the crucial fifth jump, Rikuto Tamai unexpectedly made a mistake, but still beat Yang Jian to rank first. After completing the sixth jump, he began to celebrate the championship in advance.
At this time, Yang Jian once again showed off his "unique skills". In the 109B movement of difficulty 4.1, he finally scored 102.5 points, overtaking the championship with a total score of 515.55 points, and leading Rikuto Tamai by 27.55 points. Another Chinese player, Yang Hao, finally ranked third with 485.45 points. The Chinese team missed the chance to win the gold and silver medals.
After the reversal to win the championship, Yang Jian completed the defense of his title and helped the Chinese diving team win all 13 gold medals in the diving events of this World Championships, setting a record for the number of gold medals won in the diving events of a single World Championships.
After the game, CCTV and People's Daily congratulated the Chinese diving team and described it as a "perfect ending". The Chinese diving team won a total of 17 medals (13 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze).
