On July 15, Beijing time, the FINA World Championships women's 1-meter springboard diving final ended, and two Chinese athletes, Lin Shan and Li Yajie, launched a peak showdown. In the end, Lin Shan won the championship and won the third gold medal in the world championship, and the Chinese team won the second gold medal in this competition. Li Yajie failed to defend the title and won the silver medal,
Lin Shan was born in 2001 and has won gold medals in two consecutive world championships, namely the mixed team championship in 2019 and the 3-meter springboard double championship in 2022. Li Yajie is the reigning champion of the event. In the preliminary round, Lin Shan beat her opponent to rank first. The Chinese team has achieved two consecutive championships in this event.
In the final, Lin Shan chose 403B with a difficulty coefficient of 2.4 in the first jump, scoring 62.40 points to temporarily lead, followed by Li Yajie with 58.80 in the same move. In the second jump, Lin Shan continued to play steadily in 105B with a difficulty factor of 2.6, scoring 67.60 points, and Li Yajie scored 62.40 points in the same move, and the two people were firmly in the top two.
In the third jump, Lin Shan played steadily in the 203B with a difficulty factor of 2.3, scoring 62.10 points to extend the lead, and the same move Li Yajie won 58.65 close behind. In the fourth jump, Lin Shan chose the 303B with a difficulty coefficient of 2.4 and scored 57.60 points to continue to lead. This jump Li Yajie chose the highest difficulty of 305C for Chinese players in this competition, with a difficulty coefficient of 3.0, although the performance was average, but relying on the difficulty score to score 61.50 points, retaining the chance to compete for the championship.
The last PK of the two Chinese players in the fifth jump, the action is 5333D with a difficulty coefficient of 2.6, and Lin Shan won the championship with a total score of 68.90 points and a total score of 318.60 points; Li Yajie scored 65 points, with a total score of 306.35 points and won the runner-up. In this way, the Chinese diving dream team won the second gold medal of this competition, achieving the third consecutive championship in this event!