Australia’s Koloi Wins 1-meter, Daley-led Britain Takes Team Gold At World Championships – News18

DOHA, Qatar: With China sitting out the primary two diving occasions, different nations obtained an opportunity to shine on Day 1 of the World Aquatics Championships.

Australia’s Alysha Koloi gained the ladies’s 1-meter springboard, whereas the British squad led by Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley claimed gold within the blended workforce.

China was the reigning world champion in each occasions, however the world’s diving superpower didn’t have entries in Doha because it focuses on disciplines that might be on the Olympic program at Paris this summer time.

At final 12 months’s world championships in Fukuoka, China gained 12 of 13 occasions and captured 19 medals in all.

The 22-12 months-outdated Koloi, competing at worlds for the primary time, grabbed the lead on the fourth of 5 dives and held on within the last spherical to complete with 260.50 factors.

The silver went to Britain’s Grace Reid (257.25), whereas Egypt’s Maha Amer captured her nation’s first diving medal ever at worlds.

After clinching the bronze at 257.15, Amer held her fingers over her mouth in seeming disbelief earlier than embracing her coach. The 24-12 months-outdated Cairo native has competed collegiately within the U.S. at Arkansas and Florida.

Daley, who gained a gold medal within the 10-meter synchro on the Tokyo Olympics, claimed his first worldwide title since taking a 12 months-lengthy break from the game.

The 4-time Olympian was joined on the profitable blended workforce by Scarlett Mew Jensen, Daniel Goodfellow and Andrea Spendolini Sirieix. They posted a rating of 421.65 in an occasion that blends each the three-meter springboard and 10-meter tower.

The silver medal went to the Mexican foursome of Gabriela Agundez Garcia, Randal Willars Valdez, Jahir Ocampo Marroquin and Aranza Vazquez Montano at 412.80.

Australia claimed the bronze at 385.35 with a workforce that included Cassiel Rousseau, the reigning platform world champion.

The solely non-Chinese winner eventually summer time’s world championships in Fukuoka, Rousseau selected to not defend his particular person title in Doha. He is specializing in the workforce and synchronized occasions.

The different members of the Australian bronze medal workforce had been Li Shixin, Maddison Keeney and Nikita Hains.

Doha is the primary Middle Eastern nation to host the World Aquatics Championships, which additionally function swimming, open water, creative swimming, water polo and excessive diving.

Qatar was initially scheduled to host the worlds in 2023, however the COVID-19 pandemic pushed it into an Olympic 12 months — simply 5 months forward of the Paris Games. The uncommon timing led to diminished entry lists and the absence of a number of the largest stars.

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