HANGZHOU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Hosts China stored its dominance in diving on the Hangzhou Asiad by profitable two 1m springboard gold medals right here on Monday.
Li Yajie and Lin Shan took 1-2 end within the girls’s 1m springboard. Li got here from behind to win the gold with 317.55 factors, whereas Lin trailed with 303.80. South Korea’s Kim Suji was third with a distant 267.10.
“Either of us winning will do. The gold medal will belong to the Chinese team,” stated Lin, winner of the occasion on the Fukuoka worlds in July the place Li was the runner-up. “I did not dive in my own style, and my movement did not completely open up. I also need to improve my mentality.”
“I want to better my movements and lay a solid foundation of my skills,” she added.
China additionally claimed the lads’s 1m springboard title with stable performances from Wang Zongyuan and Peng Jianfeng.
Wang, world champion within the 3m springboard on the Fukuoka worlds and runner-up of the occasion on the Tokyo Games, led all the way in which to gather 459.50 factors for the gold.
Peng took silver with 442.45, whereas South Korea’s Woo Haram got here third in 395.95.
Wang may even participate within the 3m springboard occasion with Zheng Jiuyuan on Tuesday.