The FINA World Series is designed to be the highest level of “regular-season” competition in diving, but China’s domination of the sport was demonstrated in the meet in Kazan (RUS).
The Chinese sent a second-line team, which still managed to win five of the 10 events and won 11 medals overall, by far the most of any country. Hao Yang won two events, the men’s 10 m Platform and the Synchro 10 m with Junjie Luan.
Great Britain’s two-time World 10 m Champion Tom Daley was the busiest performer, winning three medals with a bronze in the men’s 10 m Platform, a bronze in the Synchro 10 m with Matthew Lee and a bronze in the Synchro 3 m with Grace Reid.
The World Series will finish with the fifth leg, in London (GBR), next week. Summaries:
FINA Diving World Series
Kazan (RUS) ~ 10-12 May 2019
(Full results here)
Men
3 m Springboard: 1. Jack Laugher (GBR), 499.30; 2. Evgenii Kuznetsov (RUS), 466.60; 3. Jianfeng Peng (CHN), 464.95.
10 m Platform: 1. Hao Yang (CHN), 537.05; 2. Aleksandr Bondar (RUS), 522.60; 3. Tom Daley (GBR), 520.40.
Synchro 3 m: 1. Oleg Kolodiy/Oleksandr Gorshkovozov (UKR), 403.26; 2. Nikita Shleikher/Evgenii Kuznetsov (RUS), 401.94; 3. Juan Manuel Celaya/Yahel Castillo (MEX), 400.53.
Synchro 10 m: 1. Hao Yang/Junjie Lian (CHN), 444.18; 2. Aleksandr Bondar/Viktor Minibaev (RUS), 403.02; 3. Matthew Lee/Tom Daley (GBR), 395.82.
Women
3 m Springboard: 1. Jennifer Abel (CAN), 330.60; 2. Shan Lin (CHN), 303.60; 3. Yani Chang (CHN), 302.20.
10 m Platform: 1. Mi Rae Kim (PRK), 373.40; 2. Minjie Zhang (CHN), 364.60; 3. Yuxi Chen (CHN), 356.95.
Synchro 3 m: 1. Shan Lin/Yani Chang (CHN), 302.01; 2. Annabelle Smith/Maddison Keeney (AUS), 283.98; 3. Viktoriya Kesar/Anna Pysmenska (UKR), 273.60.
Synchro 10 m: 1. Haoyan Yuan/Yuxi Chen (CHN), 338.70; 2. Mi Rae Kim/Jin-Mi Jo (PRK), 315.42; 3. Ekaterina Beliaeva/Iullia Timoshinina (RUS), 292.20.
Mixed
Synchro 3 m: 1. Domonic Bedggood/Maddison Keeney (AUS), 318.12; 2. Yiwen Chen/Xiaohu Tai (CHN), 313.26; 3. Tom Daley/Grace Reid (GBR), 304.14.
Synchro 10 m: 1. Yu Duan/Minjie Zhang (CHN), 339.42; 2. Il Myong Hyon/Jin-Mi Jo (PRK), 314.28; 3. Vincent Riendeau/Caeli McKay (CAN), 312.42.
