China claimed two gold medals because the diving occasions on the Hangzhou Asian Games bought underway.
HANGZHOU, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — China kicked off its gold medal haul in diving with two synchronized titles on the Hangzhou Asiad right here on Saturday.
Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi opened their first Asian Games marketing campaign with the ladies’s 10m platform synchro gold.
The two teenage divers, who’ve received all main titles within the ladies’s 10m platform occasion over the past three years, dominated from begin to end, scoring 375.30 factors to clinch the gold medal.
“I think it’s an average performance. The score is still relatively good, but the two of us didn’t perform particularly well,” Chen stated. “I am very excited to win China’s first diving gold at the Hangzhou Asiad.”
Matsuri Arai and Minami Itahashi of Japan have been 85.26 factors behind and took silver. The bronze medal went to Malaysian duo Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Pandelela Rinong Pamg, who completed with 266.94.
China additionally dominated the lads’s 3m springboard synchro with secure performances from veteran He Chao and younger diver Yan Siyu.
He and Yan collected 422.55 factors to win the title, whereas South Korea’s Yi Jae-gyeong and Woo Ha-ram ranked second in 393.00. Malaysia’s Muhammad Syafiq Bin Puteh and Liang Ooi Tze got here third with 380.22.
“I retired after the Rio Olympic Games but decided to come back after the Tokyo Games,” stated He, who had did not make the 3m springboard semifinal on the Rio Games. “It’s my first international gold medal in six years.”