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2024.04.21 21:16 GMT+8

China conclude diving World Cup Super Final with 8 titles

Updated 2024.04.21 21:16 GMT+8
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Chinese divers won eight out of nine titles at the season finale of the World Cup series in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Sunday.

Chinese divers once reaffirmed their leading edge, winning all the events they were registered to compete in and missing out on the women's 3m springboard only.

On the closing day of the three-day event, Chen Yuxi beat fellow teenager Quan Hongchan to win the women's 10m platform title, and extended her record against the Tokyo Olympic champion to 10-5 with 443.20 points, with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix of the UK rounding off the podium.

Chen Yuxi (C) celebrates after winning the women's 10m platform at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 21, 2024. /CFP

Quan, 17, enjoyed a three-point leading edge after the first two attempts, but was overtaken by Chen, who is two years her senior, in the third round and appeared a bit too hastened in the fourth when she attempted the 207C which left her more than 30 points behind Chen.

Having won the 10m platform individual event in the Olympic Games in Tokyo and World Championships in Doha, Quan has yet to be crowned at the World Cup Super Final, while Chen, after successfully defending her title this time, is missing an Olympic gold medal just for herself. The two diving prodigies dominated the 10m platform in th Olympic cycle after Tokyo, as they are set to take on each other once again in Paris.

Later in the last event, Yang Hao added an eighth gold for China in the men's 10m platform with 557.60 points, followed by Japan's Rikuto Tamai and Mexico's Randal Willars Valdez. 

Team China won four titles on the opening day, including Chen and Quan in the women's 10m synchronized platform, Yang Hao and Lian Junjie in the men's, Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi in the men's 3m synchronized springboard, and a mixed team title. Chen Yiwen and Wang Zongyuan won the women's and men's 3m springboard titles, respectively, on Saturday.

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