Doha, February 5 (Xinhua) -- On the 5th, in the diving competition of the Doha World Swimming Championships, the Olympic champion of the Chinese team, Quan Hongchan, won the first gold medal in the women's single 10-meter platform at the World Championships in her career, and her teammate Chen Yuxi won the silver medal.
In the women's singles 10-meter platform competition, China's "twin stars" Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan firmly occupied the top two positions all the way from the preliminaries, semifinals, and finals. Tokyo Olympic champion Quan Hongchan played well in the final, especially in the fourth jump 207C, scoring the highest single jump of 97.35 points, establishing an advantage in one fell swoop, and finally won the first single 10-meter platform championship in the World Championships with 436.25 points. Defending champion Chen Yuxi won silver with 427.80 points. Great Britain's Spendolini Cyrier won the bronze medal.
Quan Hongchan said after the game: "There are many players in the preliminaries and semifinals, and I have not fully mobilized. The final was played in the evening, which was more exciting and well adjusted. I am very satisfied with the 207C action, and I am very happy to win the gold medal in the World Championships. ”
Chen Yuxi said after the game: "In the final, my movements were a little loose, and I didn't win the gold medal, so I was not particularly satisfied, but I scored 420 points in the preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals, which was also an incentive for me, and at the same time accumulated some experience in mobilizing the state, so that I could find the next direction of my efforts." ”
Chinese Huayou twin sisters Wang Liuyi/Wang Qianyi, who just won the gold medal in the collective skills selection with the team on the 4th, and won the highest 266.0484 points in the women's doubles technical selection finals on the 5th with a set of actions with the theme of "Lotus", and won the championship again. Great Britain's Shortman/Thorpe and Spain's Ororgina Orrogin/Theo Casas finished second and third respectively.
Yang Shuncheng, a flower swimmer under the age of 17 who participated in the World Championships for the first time, "debuted at the peak". He advanced to the men's singles technical free selection final with a first place in the preliminaries. In the final, he scored 246.4766 points with a set of movements with the theme of "Cello Song", beating Italy's Minisini and Colombia's Sanchez, and won the first gold medal in the men's singles event of the World Championships for the Chinese Huayou team.
In addition, in the men's water polo group stage, the Chinese team lost to the Greek team 6:24. On the 6th, the women's doubles 10m platform final will be held, with Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan competing together, and Hua You will play the collective technical free selection final and the women's singles free selection final.