Eight golds for China at World Juniors

The 2018 edition of the FINA World Junior Championships ended the way most diving championships end: with China at the top of the medal table.

The Chinese dominated the A-level (ages 16-18) events, winning eight holds and earning 15 medals in all. Zheng Li won three medals – one of each color – with a win in the men’s 10 m Synchro (with Junjie Lian), silver in the 1 m Springboard and bronze in the 10 m Platform!

In the women’s events, Tong Ma (CHN) won the 1 m Springboard, teamed with Rui Zhang to take the 3 m Synchro title and won a silver in the 3 m Springboard to also collect three medals.

The U.S. scored a bronze medal from Maria Coburn in the 1 m Springboard, who came from seventh place to third on her final two dives! “I was not expecting to be on the podium, not after my first couple dives,” said Coburn afterwards. “When I saw that I was up there, I was very pleased.”

FINA also held a B-level Worlds concurrently, for divers aged 14-15; click on the link below for results. Summaries of the A-level events:

FINA World Junior Championships
Kiev (UKR) ~ 25-29 July 2018.
(Full results here)

Men

1 m Springboard: 1. Zongyuan Wang (CHN), 557.65; 2. Zheng Li (CHN), 526,85; 3. Matthew Carter (AUS), 517.90. Also: 12. Lyle Yost (USA), 418.40.
3 m Springboard: 1. Daniel Restrepo Garcia (COL), 583.35; 2. Luxian Wu (CHN), 582.50; 3. Junjie Lian (CHN), 570.40. Also: 11. Jack Matthews (USA), 485.15.
10 m Platform: 1. Lian (CHN), 589.30; 2. Ruslan Ternovoi (RUS), 543.90; 3. Zheng Li (CHN), 523.55.

3 m Synchro: 1. Henry McKay/Victor Povzner (CAN), 300.33; 2. Lou Massenberg/ Karl Schoene (GER), 298.56; 3. Daniel Restrepo/Luis Uribe (COL), 290.88. Also: 9. Manuel Borowski/Jack Matthews (USA), 257.76.

10 m Synchro: 1. Zheng Li/Junjie Lian (CHN), 328.44; 2. Matthew Dixon/Noah Williams (GBR), 304.65; 4. Yevhen Naumenko/ Oleh Serbin (UKR), 304.08. Also: 9. Tyler Downs/Jordan Rzepka (USA), 255.30.

Women

1 m Springboard: 1. Tong Ma (CHN), 410.85; 2. Uliana Kliueva (RUS), 398.35; 3. Maria Coburn (USA), 393.05.
3 m Springboard: 1. Shan Lin (CHN), 503.15; 2. Ma (CHN), 487.30; 3. Alysha Koloi (AUS), 432.30. Also: 6. Bridget O’Neil (USA), 422.70.
10 m Platform: 1. Rui Zhang (CHN), 488.70; 2. Lin (CHN), 453.20; 3. Iana Satina (RUS), 425.90. Also: 10. Joanna Holloway (USA), 367.75.

3 m Synchro: 1. Tong Ma/Rui Zhang (CHN), 265.50; 2. Uliana Kliueva/Vitaliia Koroleva (RUS), 255.00; 3. Rin Kaneto/Mai Yasuda (JPN), 254.28. Also: 5. Maria Coburn/ Bridget O’Neil (USA), 247.41.

10 m Synchro: 1. Shiyun Lai/Jialing Liu (CHN), 314.88; 2. Phoebe Banks/Emily Martin (GBR), 278.79; 3. Nicoleta-Angelica Muscalu/Antonia-Mihaela Pavel (ROU), 265.44. Also: 6. Joanna Holloway/Sophia McAfee (USA), 250.38.

Mixed

Team event: 1. Great Britain, 318.70; 2. China, 307.50; 3. Australia, 304.50. Also: 9. United States (Coburn, Tyler Downs, Hailey Hernandez, Max Weinrich) 275.30.