Quan Hongchan won the single gold medal at the World Championships for the first time!

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-02-06

The 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships diving women's 10-meter platform final ended in the early morning of the 6th Beijing time. Quan Hongchan with 436He won the gold medal with 25 points and won the world championship for the first time in this event. Among them, on the difficulty action 207c, she got nearly a perfect score of 9735 points, which widened the difference. Chen Yuxi, who came in second, got 42780 points, unfortunately missed out on four consecutive championships. The "sisters" once again achieved the gold and silver medals in the competition.

At the World Championships in Fukuoka last year, the Chinese diving team won 12 golds. This time, the Chinese diving team sent a main lineup led by 6 Olympic champions. For the "dream team", which has already qualified for the Paris Olympics, the trip is more about training the team and inspecting the opponents.

Among the 6 Olympic champions, including Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, this pair of "double insurance" makes the women's 10-meter platform gold medal almost impossible to lose, and the suspense is only between the two. Since the Paris Olympics cycle, whenever they participate in international competitions together, the women's 10-meter platform crown cannot escape the palm of their hands.

There were no surprises this time. In the semifinals that ended on the afternoon of the 5th, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan won 42185 points with 40530 points are in the top two and the fault line is ahead of the third-ranked North Korean athletes.

Quan Hongchan in the final **Visual China.

The final is still their "two-person turn". After two rounds, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi have risen to the top two.

The fourth round became the key to deciding the winner. On the difficulty action 207c, Quan Hongchan, who played perfectly, got nearly a perfect score of 9735 points. Chen Yuxi's performance was slightly lacking, scoring 8415 points.

In the final round, both played very consistently. In the end, Quan Hongchan won 436He won the championship by 25 points, filling the gap of not having a gold medal in the single event at the World Championships. Chen Yuxi with 8He finished second by 45 points, missing out on the fourth consecutive World Championship title in this event.

Chen Yuxi in the final **Visual China.

In this final, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi once again left the third runner-up far behind, once again showing their absolute strength in the project.

This is the Olympic year, and we hope that the "sisters" will stay in good shape and show their best side on the biggest stage. Come on!

*: China News Network.

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