In the early hours of this morning, the World Championships in Doha entered the second day of competition, and the diving event was officially launched. The Chinese team attacked in an all-round way and shouldered the heavy responsibility of winning gold. At the same time, the Chinese swimming team mainly sends young players to participate in another major event, and their contribution to the gold medal table and medal table may be limited. Therefore, the task of the diving team is particularly important, and perhaps in a few days, the number of gold medals and medals of the Chinese team will not change much.
In February, the dynamic incentive plan entered the second day of the competition, the diving event kicked off, and the Chinese team finally won the first gold medal. The first medal came early in the women's synchronized swimming event, and the Chinese team won a bronze medal, which was a surprise. This event was not the strong point of the Chinese team, and in the subsequent diving competition, the Chinese team with two gold points finally managed to maintain a gold medal, which was a mixed blessing.
In the men's one-meter springboard competition, Zheng Jiuyuan, the champion of last year's national championships, suffered two major mistakes and scored a low score of only 30 points, and finally ranked 11th. This is the worst result for the Chinese team since 2007, and the last time they lost the title in this event was in 2007.
In the mixed 10m platform event, the experienced Zhang Jiaqi was the world champion in the women's 10m platform. She partnered with young teenager Huang Jianjie, who was competing in the World Championships for the first time and eventually won the gold medal. This gold medal also marks the first championship of the Chinese diving team at the World Championships. The North Korean team finished second and Mexico finished third.
In the men's one-meter platform event, the championship was taken away by a Mexican player, which was also the championship that Zheng Jiuyuan lost. Thus, on the second day of the competition, China and Mexico emerged as the biggest winners, with both teams winning a gold medal and a bronze medal. Today's open water competition was also intense, with two Chinese players finishing 37th and 40th respectively, failing to achieve breakthrough results. However, in this event, the Chinese team also has no obvious advantage, and such a result is reasonable.
In the coming days, the Chinese diving team will go all out to compete for more gold medals. As mentioned earlier, this time the swimming team was mainly training, and the young athletes were responsible for the heavy responsibility, so it was quite difficult to achieve excellent results. The diving team faces a huge task of winning gold. This time, the Chinese diving team decided to abandon three events, including the mixed team event, which won the championship at last year's World Championships. We do not participate in the women's one-metre platform and mixed three-metre platform events in non-Olympic events. The Chinese team has the strength to win gold medals in all the remaining events.