Truth be told, the Chinese made the final stop in the 2019 FINA Diving World Series a lot more interesting by keeping their top performers at home.
Still, Chinese entries won five of the 10 events in London (GBR), with Hao Yang (men) and Yuxi Chen (women) winning the 10 m events, and Chen winning a second gold with Haoyan Yuan in the women’s 10 m Synchro. Oh yes, let’s note that Chen and Yuan are both 13!
But the star turned out to be the 2017 World 1 m Springboard champ, Australia’s Maddison Keeney. She took the 3 m Springboard by 15.25 points over Jennifer Abel (CAN), then won the women’s 3 m Synchro event with Annabelle Smith, and the Mixed 3 m Synchro event with Domonic Bedggood.
The remaining two events were won by British divers: Jack Laugher took the 3 m Springboard title and the team of Tom Daley and Matty Lee won the men’s 10 m Synchro event. Summaries:
FINA Diving World Series
London (GBR) ~ 17-19 May 2019
(Full results here)
Men
3 m Springboard: 1. Jack Laugher (GBR), 562.65; 2. Daniel Goodfellow (GBR), 500.55; 3. Zongyuan Wang (CHN), 481.70.
10 m Platform: 1. Hao Yang (CHN), 559.15; 2. Junjie Lian (CHN), 532.10; 3. Tom Daley (GBR), 525.25.
Synchro 3 m: 1. Zongyuan Wang/Luxian Wu (CHN), 418.68; 2. Nikita Shleikher/Evgenii Kuznetsov (RUS), 417.12; 3. Oleksandr Gorshkovosov/Oleg Kolodniy (UKR), 405.63.
Synchro 10 m: 1. Tom Daley/Matty Lee (GBR), 477.90; 2. Junjie Lian/Hao Yang (CHN), 459.00; 3. Viktor Minibaev/Aleksandr Bondar (RUS), 448.50.
Women
3 m Springboard: 1. Maddison Keeney (AUS), 368.30; 2. Jennifer Abel (CAN), 353.05; 3. Nur Dhabitah Binti Sabri (MAS), 344.40.
10 m Platform: 1. Yuxi Chen (CHN), 413.80; 2. Minjie Zhang (CHN), 385.80; 3. Mi Rae Kim (PRK), 360.90.
Synchro 3 m: 1. Maddison Keeney/Anabelle Smith (AUS), 323.70; 2. Yani Chang/Shan Lin (CHN), 316.77; 3. Jennifer Abel/Melissa Citrin Beaulieu (CAN), 306.45.
Synchro 10 m: 1. Haoyan Yuan/Yuxi Chen (CHN), 334.92; 2. Mi Rae Kim/Jin Mi Jo (PRK), 327.24; 3. Eden Cheng/Lois Toulson (GBR), 284.76.
Mixed
3 m Synchro: 1. Grace Reid/Tom Daley (GBR), 322.89; 2. Maddison Keeney/Domonic Bedggood (AUS), 322.14; 3. Jennifer Abel/Francois Imbeau-Dulac (CAN), 319.02.
10 m Synchro: 1. Minjie Zhang/Yu Duan (CHN), 356.28; 2. Jin Mi Jo/Il Myong Hyon (PRK), 333.48; 3. Iullia Timoshinina/Nikita Shleikher (RUS), 316.05.
