After beating off fellow Chinese diver Cao Yuan in Tuesday’s men’s 3-meter springboard final, Z.Y. Wang won his second gold medal of the FINA World Championships.
Later, Yang Hao and Lian Junjie won another gold for the diving superpower in the men’s 10-meter synchronised event.
Z.Y. Wang Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Z.Y. Wang led after the first dive of the men’s 3-meter springboard singles competition, and he finished with 561.95 points to win both the singles and synchronised competitions.
“Some blunders were committed in the beginning stages. My adjustments paid off in the quarterfinal and final, however “To quote Z.Y. Wang: “I think I could do better on the first two dives and the last dive of the final.”
Z.Y. Wang participated in the event at the 2016 Tokyo Olympics, where he placed second to his fellow Chinese diver Xie Siyi.
“I was solely concerned with my own performances during the competition. Do not consider the score or standing of others. You need to keep in mind a few technical details and take the plunge one at a time. This is the strategy I employed during the game, “Added the 21-year-old.
Cao, Z.Y. Wang’s synchronised partner and Olympic and world champion, placed second with a score of 492.85, earning him his thirteenth medal at the Olympics and World Championships. Only Russian diving great Dmitriy Sautin (17) has more medals at these two competitions.
The three-time gold medalist has won a medal at each of the last three Olympic Games and the last five Aquatic World Championships.
The 27-year-old added, “I tried to handle the event the same regardless of whom I competed with.” “Today I feel like I can jump higher, and if I do, perhaps the points will be higher.”
After A Disappointing Fourth Dive at The Tokyo Olympics,
Jack Laugher recovered to finish third overall with a score of 473.30. After scoring 37.80 in the fourth round, the British diver dropped to sixth place, but he climbed back onto the podium with scores of 91.20 in the fifth round and 97.50 in the final dive.
China has already won the championship a record nine times, including the last eight consecutive competitions. Alexandre Despatie of Canada was the last non-Chinese athlete to win this championship in 2005.
Chinese divers Yang and Lian took first place in the platform final, scoring 467.79 points and giving China its fourth gold medal in as many events at the world championships. Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Canada came in second with a score of 417.12, while Matthew Lee and Noah Williams of Great Britain came in third with a score of 427.71.
Despite having won the same competition five years ago in Budapest with another partner, Yang Hao said, “We have just teamed up for a short time, and in fact our performance today was not good enough for a premier event like worlds.” Chen Aisen is a two-time Olympic champion and three-time world title winner.
The 24-year-old athlete went on to say, “We’re glad that this time we gained back the gold that the Chinese team lost at the Tokyo Olympics.”
At the Tokyo Olympics, British diver Lee and his former diving partner Thomas Daley triumphed in the men’s 10m synchronised event, defeating the Chinese team of Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen to take home the gold medal.
