On June 29, Beijing time, the 2022 FINA World Championships ended the third day of diving in Budapest, and the Chinese team had two more gold medals in the account. In the men's 3m springboard final, Wang Zongyuan led the way with 561.95 points to win the championship, and Cao Yuan won the second place with 492.85 points. In the men's doubles 10m platform final that ended later, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao led the way to the gold medal with 467.79 points. So far, all four gold medals generated by the diving project have been won by the Chinese team.
The Chinese diving team has always had the title of "Dream Team", and at last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, they won 7 gold and 5 silver, only a 10-meter platform event in the men's doubles from winning all the gold medals. After the Olympic Games, Shi Tingmao, Wang Han and other veterans chose to retire, but the Chinese diving team still has Olympic champions such as Cao Yuan and Quan Hongchan, this time Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan partnered to participate in the men's 3m board competition, and they have won the men's doubles 3m board championship on the first day of diving. In the semi-finals, Wang Zongyuan and Cao Yuan ranked in the top two to reach the final.
After the start of the final, Wang Zongyuan's state was quite outstanding, and he completed the first three moves very beautifully, scoring more than 90 points in each jump. The 407C (flipping inward for three and a half weeks on the knee) scored 91.80 points, the 5337D (reflexive churning for a week and a half for three and a half weeks) got 94.50 points, and the 5156B (flipping forward for two and a half weeks and a half turning three weeks flexion) scored 93.60 points. At the halfway point of the schedule, Wang Zongyuan ranked first with 279.90 points. Cao Yuan's performance in the final was very stable, the first three jumps were successfully completed, and he was in second place with 254.85 points.
In the fourth jump, Cao Yuan's 407C quality is good, the splash effect is a little worse, this jump got 83.30 points, and the total score became 338.15 points. Wang Zongyuan did 307C (reflexive churning for three and a half weeks to hold the knee), the air movement is very standard, the splash is slightly larger, this jump scored 89.25 points, and the total score became 369.15 points. After the four jumps, the two Chinese players continued to rank in the top two.
In the 5th jump, Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan's performances were still stable, their scores were above 85 points, and the two continued to rank in the top two. In the last jump, Wang Zongyuan gave the final a perfect ending, at 109C (churning forward and half a knee), his movements were quite beautiful, the splash effect was also very good, the judges played 9.5 points, this jump scored 106.40 points, the total score is 561.95 points. Cao Yuan's 109C made another mistake, scoring only 66.50 points, and his total score was 492.85 points. In this way, Wang Zongyuan won the championship without suspense, Cao Yuan won the second place, and Britain's Lavr won the bronze medal with 473.30 points.
Before this World Championships, the Chinese team had achieved three consecutive World Championships championships in the men's doubles 10-meter platform event, and Chen Aisen participated in these three championships. This time, Chen Aisen did not participate, and Yang Hao and Lian Junjie played together. At the Tokyo Olympics, the only gold medal lost by the Chinese diving team was the men's double 10m platform, so this time in Budapest, the Chinese diving team was eager for this gold medal. In the preliminaries, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao played very steadily, and they led the way to advance with 452.25 points.
After the start of the final, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao was in better shape, and the first two sets of prescribed actions scored 57.60 points and 57 points respectively, ranking first with a total score of 114.60 points. The third jump began to enter the optional action, on the 407C, the two of them were quite tacit, the synchronization was excellent, this jump scored 89.28 points, the total score is 203.88 points, they are still in the first place. The next 307C, 5253B, both of them did well, especially the synchronization is excellent, and the referee has played 10 points, these two scored 85.68 points and 88.32 points respectively, the total score became 377.88 points, and continued to lead after the five jumps, at this time the lead of the second-placed British combination Matthew / Williams has more than 35 points.
The last jump 109C, Yang Hao had some mistakes, fortunately the synchronization of the two was still good, this jump scored 89.91 points, a total of 467.79 points, they successfully won the championship. The Chinese team achieved the four consecutive world championships in the men's doubles 10 meters platform, and the British team won the second place with 427.71 points.