China's Wang Zongyuan defends men's 1m springboard title at world championships

BUDAPEST, June 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic champion Wang Zongyuan defended his men's 1m springboard title at the FINA world championships here on Thursday.

This is the third gold in Budapest for the 20-year-old, who triumphed in 3m springboard and 3m synchronized earlier this week.

Wang collected 493.30 points for the gold, 66.35 ahead of Britain's Jack Laugher. Australia's Shixin Li took the bronze with 395.40.

The other Chinese diver Zheng Jiuyuan ranked eighth.