China’s Xie Siyi burst into tears after winning the men’s 3m springboard gold at the world aquatic championships on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Cao Yuan finished a lowly 10th. Having won the 1m springboard title at the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Xie made a seamless transition to the higher height in Budapest to … Read more
Chinese duo Chen Aisen and Yang Hao cruised to gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform at the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Monday. The duo scored perfect 10s in the six-dive final, earning 498.48 points, well ahead of Russian pair Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minibaev on 458.85 points. The title, China’s fifth diving … Read more
Chinese divers Peng Jianfeng and He Chao completed a one-two in the men’s one-metre springboard at the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Sunday, restoring China’s traditional dominance of the discipline. While China had won eight of the previous 11 world titles in this event, only one Chinese diver had finished on the podium in … Read more