BUDAPEST, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese diver Wang Zongyuan claimed his second gold medal at the FINA World Championships after beating fellow Chinese Cao Yuan in the men's 3m springboard final here on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old Wang took the lead from the first dive and finished with 561.95 points to complete the double victories in both the singles and synchronized events of men's 3m springboard.
Cao, the other gold medalist in the synchronized, ranked second with 492.85 to pocket his 13th medal at the worlds and Olympic Games combined.
Jack Laugher bounced back from his poor fourth dive to take the bronze with 473.30. The Briton slipped to the sixth place after collecting only 37.80 in the fourth round but clawed back to the podium with a 91.20 in his fifth and a 97.50 in the last dive.
China extended its dominance in the discipline by winning the title for a record nine times, including at each of the recent eight editions. The most recent non-Chinese athlete to win the worlds title in this event was Alexandre Despatie of Canada in 2005.
