FUKUOKA, Japan, July 16 (Xinhua) — China’s teen stars Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi retained their title of girls’s synchronized 10m platform on the World Aquatics Championships right here on Sunday.
Quan and Chen, who’ve gained virtually every part from the platform occasions within the final three years, dominated from begin to end, scoring 369.84 factors to beat second-placed Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson of Britain by 58.08 factors.
The bronze medal went to American pair Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto, who completed on 294.42.
16-year-old Quan, who gained the Olympic particular person gold by delivering three perfect-10 dives, mentioned she was glad with the day’s efficiency, however did not understand she and Chen had been so “dominant”.
“I don’t know,” she mentioned. “I was just focusing on my own dive.”
Chen added that she had made some synchro errors however vowed to come back again stronger within the particular person occasion.
17-year-old Chen, who got here to the Tokyo Olympics because the world champion, misplaced to Quan however received the higher of her teammate in final 12 months’s World Championships in Budapest.
“I definitely want to win gold,” Chen mentioned. “But I also hope that both of us will be able to go to [the 2024 Olympic Games in] Paris. We will have to be more focused on our daily training.”
China, who swept all 13 gold medals in Budapest final 12 months, has gained all 5 diving golds solely three days into the competitors.