{"id":620236,"date":"2025-08-03T22:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=620236"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:05:23","slug":"world-championships-cassiel-rousseau-wins-platform-in-china-free-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-cassiel-rousseau-wins-platform-in-china-free-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Cassiel Rousseau Wins Platform in China-Free Podium"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Cassiel Rousseau Wins Platform in China-Free Podium<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cassiel Rousseau<\/strong> finished strong Sunday on the final day at the World Aquatics Championships, the Australian grabbing gold on men\u2019s 10-meter platform.<\/p>\n

The shocker of the event was that neither Chinese diver medaled, a down note to end a meet in which they dominated. Oleksii Sereda<\/strong> of Ukraine finished second, his score of 515.20 falling nearly 20 points behind Rousseau\u2019s 534.80. Third was Randal Willars<\/strong> of Mexico in 511.95.<\/p>\n

The Chinese pair of Zhu Zifeng<\/strong> was fourth with Zhao Renjie<\/strong> fifth. They had been 1-2 in semifinals, with Rousseau fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking that it can happen,\u201d Sereda said. \u201cAlways when I compete somewhere, I\u2019m thinking \u2018Okay, I can be third\u2019, because the Chinese are first and second all the time. But today is a different day, and it was unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s a surprise that there are no Chinese on the podium,\u201d Willars said. \u201cBut this is proof that Chinese (divers) can also make mistakes, and they are very good. I have to keep training to keep winning them.\u201d<\/p>\n