Men’s 3m Synchronised Springboard
In round one, two pairs were over 50. They were led by Zongyuan/Daoyi (China) with Marsaglia/Tocci (Italy) in second. China would only increase their lead on the second dive and it was Laugher/Harding (Great Britain) who had gone into second. It looked like a poor third dive from the Chinese but they still almost scored 80. It did allow the British pair to close in on them. A strong dive from Celaya/Olvera (Mexico) saw them go into third. It was a second dive over 80 in the fourth round that brought them closer to the leading pair. An 85 in the fifth round would push the Chinese pair clear but Mexico would go ahead of Great Britain entering the final dive. China scored 95.76 to seal gold. A 94.62 really put the pressure on Mexico heading into their final dive. A dive of 94.77 would seal the silver for the Mexicans.
🥇Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi 🇨🇳
🥈Juan Celaya/Osmar Olvera 🇲🇽
🥉Jack Laugher/Anthony Harding 🇬🇧
I questioned the consistency of the Mexican team but they produced when it mattered
Men’s 3m Springboard
The qualification and the semi-final both saw the same top three as Wang Zongyuan (China) led Xie Siyi (China) and Jack Laugher (Great Britain). Siyi would lead the final after the first round from Zongyuan and Osmar Olvera(Mexico). The second dive saw Zongyuan go into the lead with Olvera going ahead of Siyi. Poor third dives from Olvera and Laugher would see the Chinese pair open a big gap. At the end of the fourth dives, Zongyuan led by 3.3 with Olvera over 45 points behind Siyi. Siyi would score 88.80 with his fifth dive and Zongyuan faltered, only scoring 70.20. A 93.6 was the exclamation mark on the bronze medal for Olvera. 100.70 would win the gold for Siyi.
🥇Xie Siyi 🇨🇳
🥈Wang Zongyuan 🇨🇳
🥉Osmar Olvera 🇲🇽
I got it right with the upset of Siyi over Zongyuan
Men’s 10m Synchronised Platform
In the opening round, Junjie/Hao (China) took the lead with a 56.4 ahead of Daley/Williams (Great Britain) and Zsombor-Murray/Wiens (Canada) tied on 53.4. The Chinese pair would only extend the lead. Berlin/Willars(Mexico) were the first over 80 in round three, followed by the British pair. Despite the entry list saying otherwise it was Sereda/Boliukh (Ukraine) who lined up but they struggled. The Brits were first to go 90 in round four only for the Chinese to go higher. In the fifth round, those two kept their consistency with China in a clear lead and Britain in clear silver medal position. In the battle for bronze, the Canadians scored 79.68 putting them in a strong position. The Mexicans scored 85.32 but it was not quite enough. The Chinese would then put an exclamation mark on gold, totalling 490.35.
🥇Lian Junjie/Yang Hao 🇨🇳
🥈Tom Daley/Noah Williams 🇬🇧
🥉Nathan Zsombor-Murray/Rylan Wiens 🇨🇦
The bronze always felt like the toughest prediction and I went for Mexico instead of Canada
Men’s 10m Platform
Cao Yuan (China) led the preliminary and semi final rounds, being the only man over 500. Rikuto Tamai (Japan) was second in the preliminary round and it was Yang Hao (China) in the semi final. Yuan led after the first round from Tamai. Tamai would go into the lead after the second dive by 0.1. Yuan would go back into third in the third round. Rylan Wiens (Canada) was third place at halfway. That shifted for the fourth dive as Randal Willard Valdez(Mexico) went into third. A 39.10 in the fifth round would send Tamai backwards. Noah Williams (Great Britain) scored 187.85 over his last two dives to get into a position to challenge for a medal. Tamai would go ahead with a brilliant final dive and it was down to Yuan to dive last. An 86.40 after a consistent set secured gold.
🥇Cao Yuan 🇨🇳
🥈Rikuto Tamai 🇯🇵
🥉Noah Williams 🇬🇧
I thought one of the Chinese pair would struggle but go the wrong one. Rousseau never looked competitive and I very quickly regretted not putting Tamai in the medal positions.
Women’s 3m Synchronised Springboard
As expected this saw the Chinese dominate, totalling a massive 337.68. Yiwen/Yang (China) took the lead in the first round and never looked back. After two dives, in second was Cook/Bacon (United States) with Harper/Mew Jensen (Great Britain) and Muller/Hentschel (Germany) tied in third. However, the following two dives saw the team of Keeney/Smith (Australia) go into third, with two scored over 70. It would come down to the final dive with them less than a point behind the United States whilst the British pair were hoping for a miracle. It came, as the Aussie pair faltered, with Smith slipping on the board and the pair were only given 48. As Smith was heartbroken by her mistake, the British pair took bronze.
🥇Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani 🇨🇳
🥈Kassidy Cook/Sarah Bacon 🇺🇸
🥉Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen 🇬🇧
Heading into the final round, I thought this was going to be a clean sweep only for the Australian pair to slip up in the final round.
Women’s 3m Springboard
Chen Yiwen (China) led both the premilinary round and the semi final with compatriot Chang Yani (China) fourth both times. Maddison Keeney (Australia) was second in both rounds. Yani opened with a poor dive which allowed Yiwen to lead Keeney. The positions remained in round two with Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Malaysia) in third. After three rounds Yowen led Keeney by over 30 points. It was Julia Vincent (South Africa) in fourth. Yani would go back into third on her fourth dive behind the top two.
🥇Chen Yiwen 🇨🇳
🥈Maddison Keeney 🇦🇺
🥉Chang Yani 🇨🇳
I called Keeney the most consistent of the possible medalists but she was brilliant in taking silver
Women’s 10m Synchronised Platform
Yuxi/Hongchan (China) took a lead of over five points after the opening, with the battle looking like being for second. It was almost 14 at the end of the second dive ahead of Spendolini-Sirieix/Toulson (Great Britain). A poor third dive would see them passed for the medals, whilst China extended their advantage with an 80 point dive. It would be McKay/Miller (Canada) who went into second with the Brits dropping back to fifth, although they were separated by just 5.4 points. On the fourth dive, it was Mi-Rae/Mi-jo (North Korea) who would go into second ahead of Canada and Britain. They were first up in the final round, scoring 77.76 to put pressure on the other teams. The Chinese team would cement their hold with another great dive finishing on 359.10. First up of the medal contenders were North Korea and they would seal a podium place, also with a 77.76. Canada could not do it.
🥇Chen Yuxi/Qian Hongchan 🇨🇳
🥈Kim Mi-rae/Jin Mi-jo 🇰🇵
🥉Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix/Lois Toulson 🇬🇧
I felt quite good about this, even with the suggestion that the North Koreans could trouble China. One slip would have probably won them the gold.
Women’s 10m Platform
Quan Hongchan (China) was the only diver with a score over 400 in the preliminaries. She was joined by compatriot Chen Yuxi (China) in the semi final. In the opening round of the final Hongchan went clear of Yuxi. In third was Kim Mi-Rae (North Korea). It would remain that way for dive two. Hongchan would have her weakest dive for the third only scoring 76.70 leaving her just 1.6 ahead of teammate. Mi-Rae was in third, separated from the next five divers by less than 17 points. A 92.4 would extend the advantage for Hongchan in round four. The positions would remain the same though with Hongchan winning an incredible gold
🥇Quan Hongchan 🇨🇳
🥈Chen Yuxi 🇨🇳
🥉Kim Mi-Rae 🇰🇵
I was the wrong way round with the Chinese pair. Spendolini-Sirieix looked like a medalist prior to the final but didn’t perform to her best. I mentioned Mi-rae as a consistent performer.
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