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Day 3 July 16, 2017
This FINA newsletter provides you with daily highlights from 17th FINA World Championships 2017 Budapest (HUN).
CHINA BACK IN CHARGE WITH TWO MORE DIVING TITLES
China reasserted their supremacy on the diving boards with victories in both finals on Day 3 of the Budapest World
Championships to take their golden tally to three and soften the blow of two defeats the previous day.
Peng Jianfeng narrowly won the men’s 1m final from teammate He Chao and Italy’s Giovanni Tocci, while Ren Qianclaimed her second gold in the Duna Arena, winning the women’s 10m synchro with Si Yajie a day after claiming China’sfirst title of the championships with Lian Junjie in the mixed 10m synchro.
Day 2 had ended with two defeats, Australia’s Maddison Keeney winning the women’s 1m and Evgeny Kuznetsov and IliaZakharov of Russia the men’s synchronised 3m final.
China won 10 of the 13 titles at the last edition of the world championships in Kazan in 2015.
Women’s 10m synchro
Olympic champion Ren Qian captured her second gold medal in two days when she partnered former world champion SiYajie to victory in the women’s synchronised 10m final, prevailing over pairs from DPR Korea and Malaysia, who collectedsilver and bronze respectively.
Sixteenyearold Ren, who won the individual platform crown at the 2016 Rio Olympics, had claimed her first Budapest goldmedal alongside Lian Junjie in the mixed 10m synchro, the first diving event of the programme.
Ren and Si, the 2013 individual platform world champion at 14, stretched ahead of their closest rivals in the last two roundsof the fivedive final to win by just over 16 points from North Koreans Kim Minrae and Kim Kukhyang.
Kim Kukhyang beat Ren to the 10m gold at the 2015 Worlds in Kazan for her nation’s firstever aquatics world title. For KimMinrae this was her second Budapest medal, following a bronze in the mixed 10m synchro with Hyon Ilmyong.
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Men's 1m
Peng Jianfeng and He Chao scored a onetwo victory in what ultimately turned into a close battle in the men’s 1mspringboard final to bring China their second diving title of the 17th FINA World Championships.
Peng appeared to be heading for a clearcut win as he led by 34 points from He Chao with two dives to go. But he faltered inthe penultimate round and in the end less than five points separated the top three as Italy’s Giovanni Tocci hurled down apowerful challenge to the leading pair with his last dive.
He Chao, the 3m world champion in 2015, edged past the 22yearold Italian, who had been outside the top three for thefirst five rounds, leaving Peng – diving last but still with a 10point lead – with one dive to decide it. Peng’s forward 21/2somersaults with twist was not his best but it was just enough for gold. Peng won with a sixdive aggregate of 448.40 points,with He Chao taking the silver on 447.20 and Tocci the bronze on 444.25.
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WOMEN'S WATER POLO TOURNAMENT DAY 1 AQUATIC MEDALS Country Total
CHN 3 3 0 6
RUS 3 1 0 4
FRA 2 0 0 2
AUS 1 0 0 1
ITA 0 1 3 4
Total 9 9 10 28
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All matches went to form on the opening day of women’s water polo at the FINAWorld Championships at the Alfred Hajos Pool here today.
In Group A, Italy had the better of Canada 104 and China was up and down inan 114 defeat of Brazil.
In Group B, Spain was too good for New Zealand, winning 102, thanks to a 30start and a 41 finish. Reigning world champion United States of Americaeclipsed South Africa 242.
In Group C, Netherlands, silver medallist in Kazan two years ago, made shortshrift of France, going from 70 at quarter time to 120 at halftime and on to a 172 victory. Hungary drew the biggest crowd, about 6000, and beat Japan 2011 inwhat was a thrill a second.
In Group D, Australia, fourth in Kazan, downed Kazakhstan 164. Russia headedoff Greece 97 by controlling the match throughout.
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