China News Service, Beijing, February 5th. On the 4th local time, the 2024 World Swimming Championships continued in Doha, Qatar. In the men's synchronized 3-meter diving final, the Chinese pair Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi successfully defended their title with a total score of 442.41. The Chinese synchronized swimming team narrowly defeated the Ukrainian team in the collective skills optional final, winning a gold medal for the Chinese team.
On the 4th, a gold medal was awarded in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard in the diving competition. Chinese men's springboard mainstay Wang Zongyuan partnered with teammate Long Daoyi. Despite a mistake in the second jump, the two successfully defended the title with a score of 58.17 points ahead of the runner-up Italian pair, showing their ability to dominate the competition.
After the game, Long Daoyi said frankly that as he worked with Wang Zongyuan for longer and longer, he also felt pressure to achieve results and was worried about living up to everyone's expectations. Wang Zongyuan comforted his teammates and said that changes in mentality are an inevitable process for young players. "We are perfect in training and fully trust each other in the game, so there will be no problem."
This is the third time Wang Zongyuan has won the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard gold medal at the World Championships. In the subsequent men's single 3-meter springboard competition, he will face off against national team teammate and Tokyo Olympics men's 3-meter springboard champion Xie Siyi.
The synchronized swimming event produced two gold medals on the 4th in collective skill selection and mixed pairs skill selection. In the collective skills optional final, eight Chinese girls performed well and won the gold medal with a 0.86 point advantage over the second-place Ukrainian team. This was the first gold medal won by the Chinese team in synchronized swimming at this tournament. In this competition, the Chinese synchronized swimming team increased the difficulty of their movements, and their new attempts were tested in the competition.
In the mixed double technical optional final, the Chinese combination Shi Haoyu/Cheng Wentao won the silver medal, and the Kazakhstan combination won the championship.
In the men's 10-kilometer open water final, Chinese players Zhang Jinhou and Liu Peixin ranked 51st and 63rd respectively.
On the 5th local time, the diving arena will usher in a peak showdown between Chinese athletes. Olympic champion Quan Hongchan will compete with triple world champion Chen Yuxi for the women's singles 10-meter platform gold medal. (over)