China News Service, Beijing, February 4th: The 2024 World Swimming Championships are being held in Doha, the capital of Qatar. In the mixed synchronized 10-meter platform diving event held on the 3rd local time, Olympic champion Zhang Jiaqi partnered with young player Huang Jianjie to win the championship, winning the Chinese team's first gold medal at this World Championships.
The World Championships will be held from February 2 to 18, attracting more than 2,500 athletes from 197 countries and regions. In the competition on the 2nd, the diving event held two finals of women's 1-meter springboard and mixed team. The Chinese team did not send any athletes to compete, and the Australian team and the British team each won a gold medal.
On the 3rd, the diving event started with the mixed synchronized 10-meter platform finals. Olympic champion Zhang Jiaqi competed with Huang Jianjie, a teenager under 14 years old. The latter is the only non-world champion on the Chinese diving team's entry list for this World Championships. .
At last year's World Championships in Fukuoka, Zhang Jiaqi partnered with Wang Feilong and won the mixed synchronized 10-meter platform championship. Zhang Jiaqi and Huang Jianjie led the way in this game, winning the gold medal with a total score of 353.82 points in five rounds, 49.86 points ahead of the runner-up North Korean team. The Mexican team won the bronze medal.
It is worth mentioning that the award guest for this game is International Olympic Committee President Bach. Huang Jianjie said that although he is participating in non-Olympic events this time, he will work hard to participate in Olympic events.
In the men's 1-meter springboard final, Chinese player Zheng Jiuyuan made several mistakes in several jumps and ultimately ranked 11th in the final and missed the medal.
On the 3rd, two gold medals were awarded in synchronized swimming and open water swimming. In the synchronized swimming women's individual technical free selection final, Chinese player Xu Huiyan won the bronze medal; in the open water women's 10-kilometer final, world championship champion Xin Xin ranked 37th, and another Chinese player Mao Yihan ranked 40th , Dutch player Van Lowendael won the championship.
On the 4th local time, the Doha World Swimming Championships will continue. The diving event will determine the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard champion, the synchronized swimming event will determine two gold medals for collective skills and mixed double skills, and the open water event will determine the men's 10-kilometer gold medal. (over)