2025 Diving World Cup Finals: Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi's "Water Cube" debut won the championship perfectly

02/05/2025 21:19:00 baseball

On May 2, Beijing time, the 2025 Diving World Cup Finals kicked off at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. A total of 5 gold medals were awarded on the first day of competition. In the two finals that have ended, Zheng Jiuyuan/Hu Yukang, Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani, Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi won the gold medal, completely igniting the "Water Cube".

Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi won the gold medal

On May 2, Beijing time, the high-profile 2025 Diving World Cup Finals kicked off at the "Water Cube" of the Beijing National Aquatics Center. After the fierce competition in the first two sub-stations, this season's Diving World Cup finally ushered in the final peak showdown. The first day of the competition will usher in a climax, and 5 gold medals will be born on the same day, including Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi, Chang Yani, Wang Zongyuan, and Chen Yiwen, five Paris Olympic champions.

The most eye-catching competition of the day was the women's double 10-meter platform, where the popular combination Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi made a joint appearance, pushing the atmosphere of the audience to the peak. In the past four years, they have been invincible, from the Asian Games, the World Cup, to the World Championships and the Olympic Games, and they have never let the gold medal go unnoticed.

In addition, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi ushered in their debut in the "Water Cube" at the same time. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed to 2021, Quan Hongchan became famous and is now a three-time Olympic gold medalist. At the pre-game press conference, Quan Hongchan said that although it was the first time to come to the Water Cube, she would calm down and do her best to show her best self as she usually plays.

It is worth mentioning that today's match is also the first time this season that the two have teamed up for such an important match. Although the training is slightly lacking, more than three years of tacit understanding and super personal ability have made the two champions full of confidence.

Sure enough, they were not unfamiliar in the competition, and the two of them both scored a high score of 54.60 in the first two jumps, and the almost copy-and-paste synchronous movements attracted applause from the audience. Although the two of them made mistakes to varying degrees in 107B in the third jump, they continued to refresh the highest scores in the second jump, and finally won the third gold medal for the Chinese team in this competition with 350.88.

Konanishina/Kodrina won the silver medal with a difference of 47.94, while Great Britain's Lois Turson and 17-year-old Messi Bond took bronze.

In the men's double 10m platform final, the Chinese combination Cheng Zilong/Zhu Zifeng returned to the home court to play steadily, and finally ranked first with a score of 460.92 points, and won the championship in all three World Cup competitions this season.

In the mixed team final, the Chinese team composed of Wang Zongyuan/Chen Yiwen/Chen Yuxi/Cheng Zilong won the championship with a score of 507.20 points by virtue of their super individual ability. So far, the Chinese team has performed perfectly on the first day of competition, winning 5 gold medals and ranking first in the medal table.

Beijing Diving World Cup 2025 Finals: Women's double 10m platform results

Quan Hongchan/Chen Yuxi (China) - 350.88
Anna Konanishina / Alessandra Kodrina (NAB) - 302.94
Lois Turson/Messi Bond (GBR) - 287.88

Beijing Diving World Cup 2025 Finals: Men's double 10m platform results

Cheng Zilong/Zhu Zifeng (China) - 460.92
Ruslan Ternov / Nikita Shreikh (NAB) - 426.69
Alexey Seleda / Mark Khlitsenko (Ukraine) - 395.37

Beijing Diving World Cup 2025 Finals: Mixed Team Results

China - 507.20
Ukraine - 423.70
Mexico - 411.95

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the men's double 3-meter springboard final became the first gold battle, and he had just celebrated his 21st birthdayZheng Jiuyuanwith two months older than himHu YukangRepresented the Chinese team. The duo is a new combination for the Chinese team in the new season, and the first stop of the World Cup is their international debut. Although they failed to win gold on their debut, as the season progressed, the two continued to sum up their experience, and their tacit understanding was tempered, and they soon reached the top podium in Windsor.

For Zheng Jiuyuan/Hu Yukang, who are still on the rise, they have adopted a strategy of focusing on stability. Although the difficulty coefficient is not as good as that of the British combinationJack Lovell/Anthony Harding, but the Chinese team's performance was very stable, and there were no major mistakes in the whole game, and finally the Chinese team won the first gold medal of this competition with a score of 448.65.

Great Britain's Jack Lovell/Anthony Harding finished second with 13.77 points behind, while Mexico finished secondZelaya Hernandez/Oliveira Ibarramade mistakes and only ranked fifth; German combinationMasenberg/WesselmannHe won the bronze medal with 390.78 points.

Beijing Diving World Cup 2025 Finals: Men's Pairs 3m Springboard Results

Zheng Jiuyuan/Hu Yukang (China) - 448.65
Jack Lovell/Anthony Harding (UK) - 434.88
Masenberg/Wesselmann (Germany) - 390.78

The second match was the women's double 3m springboard final, with the Olympic champion partnerChen Yiwen/Chang YaniLead the way. It is worth mentioning that among the 8 pairs of pairs participating in the competition, only the Chinese team and the British team have retained the original team of the Olympic team, and the rest are new combinations.

Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani lead the women's three-meter springboard event and are unbeaten in the event for three years. In the previous competitions in Guadalajara, Mexico and Windsor, Canada, they also won the championship with an absolute advantage.

Today's contest was very competitive, with Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani temporarily ranked first after the first three jumps, but the Australian pairMadison Keney/Alyssa ChloeBronze medallist with Great Britain and Paris OlympicsScarlett Jensen/Asmin HarperThe difference with the Chinese team is kept within 5 points.

In the fourth jump, Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani withstood the pressure and led the second place by 17 points in a single jump, instantly pulling the score apart. Eventually, the Chinese combination to:323.13 points, 25.38 ahead of the second place to win the championship. Australia's Madison Keney/Alyssa Chloe won silver, while Great Britain's Scarlett Jensen/Asmin Harper were third with 293.31 points.

In the post-race interview, when asked if there were any new feelings in the new cycle, Chen Yiwen said: "I have not been in a comfortable state all the time, and we have been working hard to adjust and support each other, but after the Olympics, I did have a feeling of starting from scratch. ”