On July 2, Beijing time, at the 2022 Budapest Swimming World Championships, Chinese diving continued to win gold medals, and the Chinese combination Duan Yu/Ren Qian competed in the diving mixed doubles 10m platform final, and finally won the championship with 341.16 points! Up to now, the Chinese diving dream team has won 10 gold medals in the diving project of this World Championships, including 10 gold medals in the event, and the remaining 3 events also have the possibility of impacting the championship, which is enough to reflect the strength of the Chinese diving team.
After winning this mixed doubles 10-meter platform gold medal, the Chinese diving team won 10 gold medals in 5 days, as a comparison, the first stage of the world championships swimming and synchronized swimming events, the Chinese team won a total of 5 gold, the Chinese diving team in 5 days to complete 2 times the harvest.
Among the 10 gold medals, many Chinese players achieved at least 2 gold medals, and women's players Quan Hongchan and Chen Taoxi both won 2 gold medals, and before the World Championships, both of them set the goal of 2 gold medals, and finally achieved the goal. Wang Zongyuan, who won the most gold medals from China, won 3 gold medals alone, becoming the first player to win 3 gold medals at the World Championships, creating a record of 1st in history.
At the same time, with the harvest of these 10 gold medals, the Chinese team currently has 15 gold medals, ranking firmly in the 2nd place medal table, and constantly narrowing the gap with the 1st place U.S. team with 17 gold, and the remaining 2 gold medals. Considering that the Chinese diving team still has 3 gold medals to impact, the Chinese team has every opportunity to exert its strength in the back, and finally surpasses the United States in the medal table and rises to the 1st place.
The remaining project, the competition for the women's 3-meter board deserves the attention of the outside world, the post-00 beauty player Chang Yani played, in the preliminary and semi-final stages, Chang Yani and teammate Chen Yiwen played steadily, and the semi-finals scored 356.45 points and 345.80 points respectively, ranking the top two to advance to the final! The final will take place at 01:00 a.m. on July 3.
This time to participate in the World Championships, is the first time that Chang Yani appeared in the women's 3m board event, before the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, Chang Yani participated in the double event and single 1 meter springboard. With the two veterans Shi Tingmao and Wang Han both choosing to retire, Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen were given the opportunity to compete in the 3m board single-player event. Due to her beautiful appearance, Chang Yani's appearance in the preliminary round and semi-finals received a lot of attention, and her popularity increased rapidly.
The women's 3m board event has always been the trump card of the Chinese diving team, and countless outstanding athletes have emerged, the first of which is naturally Guo Jingjing, the second generation of diving queens, and Wu Minxia, who have ruled their respective eras. And the women's 3m board is now entering the era of the post-00s, Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen will support this project and become the main candidates for the Paris Olympic cycle, looking forward to the performance of these two players!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)