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Xie claims China鈥檚 4th diving gold

TEENAGER Xie Siyi claimed China’s fourth straight diving gold yesterday as the country’s divers won the men’s 1-meter springboard title for the fifth world championships running.

The 19-year-old took the title with a total of 485.50 points, beating off a strong challenge from Ukraine’s Illya Kvasha, the 2013 silver medalist in the event, who collected 339.05 points over the six rounds while Mike Hixon of the United States won bronze with 428.30.

Kvasha had the consolation of becoming the first non-Chinese diver to claim multiple medals in men’s 1m springboard at world championships.

China has now won all of the men’s 1m springboard titles at the last five worlds — and eight of the last nine.

Having swept up all ten titles on offer when the 2011 swimming world championships were held in Shanghai, Chinese divers have won all three diving golds up for grabs so far in Kazan, Russia.

Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao won the world 3m women’s synchronized gold on Saturday the same day Si Yajie and Tai Xiaohu, both just 17, won the mixed synchro 10m title. On Sunday, Chen Aisen and Lin Yue won the 10m synchro men’s gold.

Earlier, Jordan Wilimovsky cruised to a 12.1-second victory in the 10-kilometer open water race, one of 10 men to qualify for a berth in next year’s Olympics.

The 20-year-old American, took the lead with 3 kilometers remaining and powered through the finish chute to hit the touchpad in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 48.2 seconds. Wilimovsky pulled out to a comfortable lead heading into the final circuit on the Kazanka River. “My strategy was to hang back for the first five kilometers, build up at the last five kilometers and have enough at the end to hopefully finish fast,” Wilimovsky said.

Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands earned silver in 1:50:00.3. Two-time 10k world champion Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece took bronze in 1:50:00.7 to earn his fifth Olympic berth at age 35.

Olympic champion Ous Mellouli of Tunisia was in the lead pack going into the last lap, but faded to 23rd and won’t defend his title next year in Rio de Janeiro. Mellouli, who finished in 1:50:50.2, strode past reporters without speaking.

The top 10 finishers qualified for the Olympics, including fourth-placed American Sean Ryan. Jack Burnell of Britain was fifth, followed by Marc-Antoine Olivier of France, Simone Ruffini of Italy, Richard Weinberger of Canada, Allan Do Carmo of Brazil and Federico Vanelli of Italy.

It was the US team’s second open water gold after Haley Anderson’s women’s 5k title.


 

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