China News Service, Beijing, February 6th. On the 5th local time, the 2024 World Swimming Championships continued in Doha, the capital of Qatar. In the focus battle of the diving event, Chinese player Quan Hongchan defeated her teammate Chen Yuxi and won the women's singles 10-meter platform gold medal at the World Championships for the first time in her career. In the synchronized swimming competition, the Chinese team won gold medals in both the women's double technical optional finals and the men's single technical optional finals.
The showdown between Olympic champion Quan Hongchan and triple world champion Chen Yuxi on the 10-meter platform was the most watched event on the 5th. In the semi-finals, Chen Yuxi performed even better and advanced to the top spot, followed closely by Quan Hongchan.
In the final, Quan Hongchan took the lead from the first jump. Chen Yuxi kept chasing closely, and with the outstanding performance and difficulty advantage of the third jump, he narrowed the point difference between the two to 0.05 points. In the crucial fourth jump, Quan Hongchan scored 97.35 points with an almost perfect performance. Four of the seven judges gave a perfect score of 10. Quan Hongchan relied on this jump to seal the victory.
This is the first time in Quan Hongchan's career that she has won the gold medal in the women's single 10-meter platform event at the World Championships. After this victory, she became the "biggest player" to win gold medals in the women's single 10-meter platform event at the Olympics, World Cup, and World Championships. Grand Slam" player.
In the synchronized swimming arena, 16-year-old Chinese teenager Yang Shuncheng, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, performed well and won the gold medal by defeating Italy's Minisini with a slight advantage of 1.1600 points. This is the first time that a Chinese athlete has participated in the men's single event of synchronized swimming at the World Championships.
In another synchronized swimming final that ended on the same day, Chinese sisters Liu Yi/Wang Qianyi won the women's synchronized technical optional gold medal. During the competition, Wang Liuyi/Wang Qianyi used a set of "Chinese style" moves, which was very different from the styles of most participating teams. Wang Qianyi said that this set of movements conveyed many Chinese elements and she was very happy to be recognized by the judges in the international arena.
On the 6th local time, three gold medals will be awarded at the Doha World Swimming Championships. Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan will strive to defend their title in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform event, and the Chinese synchronized swimming team will attack for the gold medal in the collective technical optional and women's single free optional events. (over)