BERLIN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Three-time world champion Chen Yuxi prevailed over her Chinese teammate and Olympic champion Quan Hongchan to win the ladies’s 10m springboard gold at World Aquatics World Cup Berlin Super Final on Saturday.
The ladies’s 10m springboard remaining has develop into the battle between 17-year-old triple world champion Chen and her teammate, 16-year-old Quan who beat Chen to grab the Tokyo Olympic gold at 14.
Quan stumbled in her fourth dive, a 207C, to report her lowest rating of 69.30 whereas Chen scored 89.10 factors to take the lead by 7.40 factors.
After the ultimate dive, Chen completed at 420.30 factors to seal the victory whereas Quan received the second podium with 408.10 factors. Andrea Spendolini Sirieix of Britain received the bronze with 330.90 factors.
Speaking of strain, Chen mentioned she was used to it and knew how one can deal with it.
“I love to compete with Quan. The contest between us always gives me motivation to progress and to fight for a higher goal,” mentioned Chen. “After three world cup tournaments and World Championships this season, I found my performance more stable with better mentality.”
On the lads’s 3m springboard, two-time world champion and 2020 Olympic silver medalist Wang Zongyuan of China, received the gold with energy and consistency. His lead was so nice by spherical 5 that he would have positioned second even with out his remaining dive. In the top, Wang scored 540.60 factors to assert the title.
“I had better dives in the finals than the preliminaries. I did a good job although my fourth dive was imperfect,” mentioned Wang.
The 21-year-old had received all of the 3m particular person golds at World Aquatics World Cup tournaments this season. As two-time World Championships title winner in 3m particular person, Wang was desperate to win the Olympic gold.
“I’m very much looking forward to Paris Olympics and I haven’t won the Olympic gold in 3m individual event,” mentioned Wang. “I told myself not to think about it too much, but to use the ambition as the mentality power. I believe I can win the ideal result in Paris.”
Moritz Wesemann claimed silver for host Germany, 76.45 factors behind Wang. Andrew Capobianco of the United States took bronze after a tough begin that put him in tenth place of the 12 finalists. He was nonetheless languishing in eighth place earlier than his remaining two dives. His final dive (109C) scored 91.20 factors and allowed him to surpass 35-year-old Li Shixin of Australia to complete third.
The Berlin Super Finals on Sunday will embrace ladies’s 3m springboard and males’s 10m platform, and the combined workforce occasion.