In the diving competition of the 2022 FINA World Championships, in the women's 1m board final, the youngster Li Yajie staged a reversal drama, and in the case of nearly 10 points behind, he chased two consecutive rounds to beat the United States' Becken and Canada's Wally to win the gold medal. It is worth mentioning that this is the first gold medal of her career at the World Championships and the sixth gold medal of the Chinese diving team. After the game, Li Yajie expressed his gratitude to coach Shi Tingmao, and also said: He was very nervous before the game, but he didn't think much about the goal of the gold medal.
Li Yajie is 20 years old this year, and in 2019, Li Yajie won the championship of the mixed three-meter board of the second national youth games and the runner-up of the women's one-meter board. Subsequently, at the 2021 National Diving Championships, Li Yajie broke the record for the highest score in diving in recent years with a total score of 318.35 points. On June 10, 2022, Li Yajie was selected for the Chinese diving team to represent the country for the first time in the World Championships.
However, Li Yajie's performance in the competition was outstanding, in the preliminaries, she competed against the American star Bakken and the Canadian star Wally ranked first to advance, with a score of 278.95 points.
Coming to the final, Li Yajie jumped 403B in the first jump, the difficulty factor was 2.4, she played very well and ranked 1st with 57.60 points, and then the second jump 105B, the difficulty coefficient was 2.6, Li Yajie scored 62.40 points, with a total score of 120.00 points, and the Canadian star Wally surpassed with 121.25 points. The third jump 203B, difficulty coefficient 2.3, Li Yajie scored 49.45 points, a total of 169.45 points, behind Wally 7.30 points, again ranked second.
In the fourth jump 305C, the difficulty factor was 3.0, li Yajie scored 69 points, a total score of 238.45 points, and successfully surpassed Wally (228.50 points) to reach the top. It is worth mentioning that Li Yajie is 9.95 points ahead of Wally, such a point difference, as long as there is no major mistake in the last jump, the gold medal is stable. The last jump was 5333D, the difficulty factor was 2.6, Li Yajie scored 62.40 points, and finally ranked 1st with a total score of 300.85 points, and american Bakken ranked 2nd with a slight advantage of 0.05 points in the last jump.
Since then, in the women's 1m board final of this World Championships, China's Li Yajie won the gold medal with 300.85 points, the American star Bakken won the silver medal with 276.65 points, and Canada's Wally won the bronze medal with 276.60 points.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first gold medal of Li Yajie's personal career at the World Championships, and it is also the 6th gold medal of the Chinese diving team in this World Championships and the 101st gold in team history.
After the game, Li Yajie expressed his gratitude to coach Shi Tingmao: "I am very excited, and I am very content to come to the competition. Li Yajie said, "I was always nervous before the game, aiming for the gold medal, but I didn't think much about it. Many seniors and teammates in the team are enlightening me, especially Coach Shi Tingmao, who has always encouraged me and taught me how to adjust my mood, mobilize myself, and calm my mind before the competition. Today, Li Yajie has lived up to expectations and successfully won the gold medal to refresh his personal history.
On the other hand, the Chinese diving team Lin Shan/Zhu Zifeng won the mixed 3-meter board championship and helped the Chinese diving team win the 7th gold.
Up to now, the Gold Medals that the Chinese diving team has won are: Li Yajie of the women's 1m board, Wang Zongyuan of the men's 3m board (Cao Yuan won the silver medal), Chen Taoxi of the women's 10m platform (Quan Hongchan won the silver medal), Wang Zongyuan / Cao Yuan of the men's doubles 3m board, Lin Junjie / Yang Hao of the men's doubles 10m platform, Bai Yuming / Quan Hongchan of the men's and women's mixed 3m board, Lin Shan / Zhu Zifeng of the men's and women's mixed 3m board.
Next, the main gold medals of the Chinese diving team include: women's 3m board, men's 10m platform, women's doubles 3m board, women's doubles 10m platform, mixed men's and women's 10 meters platform, looking forward to the wonderful performance of Chinese athletes!