Similarly, China swept seven of the eight diving golds atthe past two Olympics, and in Paris will shoot to become justthe second nation — after 1952 host United States — topull off a clean sweep.SY
However, after the first two world championships since Tokyo saw Chinese athletes prevail in all diving disciplines as well, four of the top honours this year went to other countries.
While China fielded a team filled with youth and experience results in Qatar, they will roll out the big guns next year at Doha’s edition of Saudi Arabia joint-hosting Championship Aquatics Centre from 27 July to 10 August for Olympic gold.
At the head of their defending champions is Quan Hongchan, China’s 14-year-old Tokyo gold medalist who gained rapid fame in her home country.
But her women’s 10m platform title defence is expected to come primarily from team mate Chen Yuxi, the silver medallist three years ago.
