China win 2 more diving golds
Doha: China continued to the set pool alight with dominating diving show at the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre on Wenesday as Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi finished 1-2 in the men’s 3-while Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani captured their third straight gold medal in women’s synchronized springboard.
China didn’t enter the first two events of the meet, which comes just five months ahead of the Summer Games, but the country has been nearly unbeatable since then.
Other than an 11th-place showing in men’s 1-meter springboard, a non-Olympic event in which China entered only one athlete, the diving superpower has taken gold in the other six disciplines. Most of them have been runaway victories.
Meanwhile, Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands completed a sweep of the women’s individual open water races by taking gold in the 5-kilometer at Old Doha Port. In a thrilling finish, Logan Fontaine of France claimed the men’s title in the non-Olympic event.
In the men’s solo free of artistic swimming, Giorgio Minisini of Italy added a gold medal to the silver he captured in the solo technical event.
Xie led the preliminaries and semifinals at Hamad Aquatic Centre, but it was Wang who took control in the final. He ripped off one stellar dive after another on the way to a total score of 538.70, relegating Xie to the silver in 516.10.
It was the second gold of the championships for Wang, who teamed with Long Daoyi to capture the synchronized springboard title.
Wang and Xie have dominated the springboard in international competition and will head to Paris as huge favorites. Xie was world champion in 2017 and ‘19, and is the reigning Olympic champion as well. But Wang has captured the last two world titles.
Osmar Olvera of Mexico grabbed his second medal of the championships, adding to his gold in 1-meter springboards with a bronze at 498.40. No one else was even close to the three medalists.
Chen and Chang totaled 323.43 points in the synchro event, leaving Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney of Australia with the silver at 300.45. Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper of Britain claimed bronze at 281.70, edging out the American duo of Krysta Palmer and Alison Gibson by a mere 2.4 points.
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