China Takes Titles In Artistic Swimming And Diving To Complete Dominant 1st Week At Aquatics Worlds – News18

DOHA, Qatar: China completed a dominant first week on the World Aquatics Championships with extra titles in creative swimming and diving Saturday to prime the medal desk with 16 golds out of 29.

Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu retained their world title within the creative blended duet free occasion and Yang Hao received the ten-meter platform diving for a sixth profession gold at worlds.

Australia took the opposite gold on provide Saturday as storied diver Maddison Keeney paired with Domonic Bedggood to win the blended 3-meter synchronized springboard – a uncommon occasion through which China didn’t compete.

Ahead of swimming occasions beginning Sunday, Australia’s three golds up to now is better of the remainder of the world behind the Chinese wave of success in Doha.

Cheng and Shi had taken silver within the blended duet technical occasion final weekend, and improved on that in Aspire Dome enviornment performing a routine on the theme of “Romeo and Juliet.”

“Winning the gold medal at the World Championship on the Chinese New Year is indeed a great feeling,” Cheng mentioned.

Their rating of 224.1437 factors was greater than 15 factors forward of silver medalists Mireia Hernandez and Dennis Gonzalez of Spain. Bronze went to Mexico’s Trinidad Meza and Diego Villalobos.

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