On May 5, the second leg of the 2023 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Montreal, Canada. On the same day, the two champions of the men's double 10-meter platform and the women's doubles 3-meter springboard were decided, and Lian Junjie/Yang Hao and Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani of the Chinese diving team won the championship without suspense. In addition, in the women's 10-meter platform heats, Quan Hongchan performed well, 50 points ahead of Chen Yuxi, and advanced to the final with the first place. In addition, in the men's 3m springboard heats, Wang Zongyuan also advanced to the final with the first place.
On April 14-16 last month, the first leg of the Diving World Cup was held in Xi'an, China, when the all-main Chinese diving team performed well at home, winning all nine events, including Chen Yuxi, Wang Zongyuan, Chen Yiwen and others who achieved the triple crown. At that time, the women's 10-meter platform battle, which was the most concerned by the outside world, Chen Qianxi defeated Quan Hongchan again and won the championship. The topic of competition between Quan Hongchan and Chen Qianxi has been hot.
In this Montreal, Canada, the Chinese team continued its all-out expedition. On the first day of the competition, the preliminary round of the women's 10-meter platform that everyone paid the most attention to began, due to the large number of participants, it was divided into two groups, Chen Qianxi appeared first, and there was a mistake in the third movement 626C, and the final total score was 391.10 points. And Quan Hongchan appeared in the second group, all five movements were basically perfect play, especially the fourth jump 207C, 7 judges 5 scored 10 points, and finally she scored 99.00 points in this jump, with a total score of 440.70 points, nearly 50 points ahead of Chen Yuxi, and the first strong advance to the final.
In the men's double 10m platform final, Lian Junjie/Yang Hao performed steadily, winning the first gold medal for the Chinese team with 456.72 points. In the women's double 3-meter springboard final, Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani also won the championship with 329.43 points. On the first day of the two finals, the Chinese diving team won all the championships. In addition, in the men's 3-meter springboard heats, Wang Zongyuan scored 493.45 points, ahead of the second place British athlete Jack Law, who also advanced to the final.
According to the schedule, at 9:20 Beijing time tonight, the Diving World Cup will continue to compete for the second competition day in Montreal, Canada, with the women's 3-meter springboard heats and the men's 10-meter platform heats being held. The women's double 10m platform final and the men's double 3m springboard final will be held successively, with Chen Qianxi/Quan Hongchan, Long Daoyi/Wang Zongyuan attacking the champion.