{"id":618662,"date":"2025-07-28T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=618662"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:09:00","slug":"world-championships-china-takes-both-golds-led-by-zheng-jiuyuan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-china-takes-both-golds-led-by-zheng-jiuyuan\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan<\/strong><\/p>\n

China won both gold medals on offer on Day 2 of diving at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, via the mixed synchro platform duo of Zhu Yongxin<\/strong> and Xie Peiling<\/strong> and men\u2019s 1-meter champ Zheng Jiuyuan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yan Siyu<\/strong> of China took bronze on men\u2019s 1-meter as well.<\/p>\n

The platform event was a thriller, with Zhu and Xie 12th after one round and ninth after two. They delivered the best dive of each the third and fourth rounds, the latter getting them into first place with 88.32 points.<\/p>\n

But they faltered on the last round, their 5253B worth only 69.12 points, seventh-most in the round. When North Korea\u2019s Choe Wi Hyon<\/strong> and Jo Jin Mi<\/strong> scored 78.72, they vaulted from third to second and just a minuscule 0.06 points away from gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis wasn\u2019t an easy gold to win,\u201d Zhu said. \u201cWe got this by the skin of our teeth. It was hard, but at least we got it in the end. There\u2019s still a lot of room for improvement. \u201cWe were encouraging each other as the competition went on. We were quite nervous. This is the first time we\u2019re taking part in a world championships. Our coach did remind us not to think about what\u2019s already happened \u2013 just focus on what\u2019s still to come and what you can control.\u201d<\/p>\n

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