Fukuoka, Japan, July 15, 2023: China’s Lin Shan beat teammate and defending champion Li Yajie to win the women's 1m springboard diving gold at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday, reports Xinhua News.
China won all three gold medals on offer in diving on Saturday and one silver on the first day of medal competition at the July 14-30 world championships in Fukuoka.
The 21-year-old Lin, who won back-to-back mixed 3m synchronised springboard at the last two world championships, totaled 318.60 points for the gold, followed by Li, 20, with 306.35, 12.25 points behind.
Mexico’s Aranza Vazquez Montano, 20, took the bronze medal with 285.05 points, 33.55 behind the champion.
It was China's second title of the day after teenagers Zhang Jiaqi and Wang Feilong claimed the mixed synchronized 10m platform earlier.
Zhang, 19, a women's synchronized platform winner at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and 14-year-old Wang led all the way to win the first diving gold at the tournament.
The duo collected a total of 339.54 points in six dives, followed by Mexico's Jose Balleza Isaias and Vivana Delangel Peniche with 313.44 points. Japan's Ito Hiroki and Itahashi Minami took bronze with 305.34 points.
China’s third gold medal of Saturday came from Wang Zongyuan, 21, and Long Daoyi, 20, in the men’s 3m synchronized springboard. The Chinese duo totalled 456.33 points, ahead of the Great Britain pair of Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding on 424.62, 31.71 points behind.
Jules Bouyer and Alexis Jandard of France came third with 389.10 points, 67.23 adrift of the Chinese champions.