FINA World Championships: Chinese settle for silver in Team Technical

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By CGTN's Wang Meng

On day five of the FINA world Championships in Budapest, the Chinese women's synchronized swimming team are looking to go one better than the silver medal they bagged in Team Technical.

All eight on the team were born after 1995 and the youngsters had been training together for only six weeks prior to the competition.

However, their inexperience didn't show in the Hungarian capital and they came away with a silver medal after earning 94.2 points.

Chinese team players attend the awards ceremony in Budapest, July 18, 2017. /Xinhua Photo

Russia were able to hang on to their status as the world's leading synchronized swimming side and clinched gold, just as they did at last year's Olympics in Rio.

In other action, male and female competitors paired up for the mixed team diving event.

Chinese duo Chen Yiwen and Qiu Bo came in 6th after the first round.

A disastrous error from Chen in the 2nd when she failed to control her entry, saw them take away only 32.55 points.

The score saw China drop to 16th on the table and despite managing to claw back in their following dives, the deficit proved to be too big and the Chinese pairing had to settle for a 6th place finish.

Mexico's Viviana Del Angel and Rommel Pacheco maintained consistent form to win the silver with 402.35 points.

Marino and Rosset, meanwhile, stayed in the top three throughout the contest.

Rosset produced a brilliant 3-meter routine which helped the French team snatch the gold from the Mexicans by 4.05 points, their first ever first place podium finish in diving at a world championship.

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