XI’AN, April 15 (Xinhua) — Olympic synchro champion Wang Zongyuan and world champion Chen Yiwen claimed victories within the males’s and ladies’s 3m springboards respectively on the 2023 World Aquatics Diving World Cup right here on Saturday.
Chen, a double winner on the 2022 World Championships, earned 83.70 factors in her ahead 3 1/2 somersaults and celebrated a brand new private better of 392.70 for the title.
Her compatriot Chang Yani completed second in 336.55 and Sayaka Mikami of Japan took the bronze medal in 302.30, beating Grace Reid of Britain by 2.1 factors.
“I was happy with my result since it was my first time scoring over 390 points. It was also my best performance in recent two years. I could have joined the 400 Club if I had done better in my second dive backward 2 1/2 somersaults. The victory has brought me more confidence,” stated 23-year-old Chen.
Wang, the primary ever triple gold medalist at a single World Championships in 2022, snatched a highest rating of 104.50 factors for his final dive ahead 4 1/4 somersaults and sealed his victory in 553.15, adopted by Jack Laugher of Britain in 442.95 and Germany’s Moritz Wesemann in 438.70.
“After yesterday’s synchro event, I felt more used to the full-house cheering crowds and relaxed. I began to enjoy the competition with the other top divers. No pressure, but full of energy, I gave it all on my last dive,” Wang stated.
Olympic champion Quan Hongchan will battle in opposition to teammate Chen Yuxi on the ladies’s 10m platform for the fourth time. Quan was topped on the Tokyo Olympic Games whereas Chen registered two consecutive victories on the World Championships in Budapest and World Cup in 2022.
In the lads’s 10m platform, native favourite Yang Hao will conflict with 16-year-old Rikuto Tamai of Japan. The combined workforce occasion may even happen on Sunday.
A complete of 63 elite divers compete within the three-day World Cup.