China News Service, Beijing, February 10th. On the 9th local time, the Doha World Swimming Championships concluded the finals of the women's single 3-meter springboard diving and synchronized swimming collective free choice. After winning bronze in Budapest and silver in Fukuoka, Chinese player Chang Yani won her first career gold medal in the women's singles 3-meter springboard at the World Championships in Doha. The Chinese synchronized swimming team achieved three consecutive championships in collective free-selected events, winning all three collective events at this World Championships.
Chinese players Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani, who successfully defended their title in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard, did not have smooth sailing in the single events. In the preliminaries, both of them made rare mistakes. Chen Yiwen ranked second in the preliminaries and Chang Yani ranked fourth. Such a preliminary ranking is not common among the Chinese diving team. After adjustments, the two regained their form in the semi-finals and rose to the top two in the rankings.
The two men competed fiercely in the final. Chen Yiwen had a slight advantage in the first two jumps, but she was not careful enough in the third and fourth jumps. Chang Yani overtook the score and finally won the gold medal with an advantage of 18.15 points ahead of her teammates. Chen Yiwen won the silver and South Korea's Kim Suzy won the bronze.
The Chinese synchronized swimming team won three consecutive World Championships collective free-selection titles with a routine themed "Gravity". In the final, the Chinese team improved the difficulty of their movements while taking into account their artistic expression. They conquered the audience and judges and secured the gold medal with 339.7604 points.
This is the sixth gold medal won by the Chinese synchronized swimming team at this World Championships. It also marks that the Chinese synchronized swimming team has won the gold medals in the three synchronized swimming group events of collective skill selection, collective skill selection, and collective free selection at this world championships.
On the 10th local time, the diving and synchronized swimming events of the Doha World Swimming Championships will come to an end. The diving event will have two finals: the mixed double 3-meter springboard and the men's single 10-meter platform. The final event of synchronized swimming will be the mixed double free-choice competition. (over)