Diving | Mixed 3m & 10m Team

The People’s Republic of China’s absence in this event will see new World Champions crowned on day one in Diving’s only team event. Over the past three World Aquatics Championships across 39 events, only China (37 gold) and Australia (2 gold) have returned home with world titles. With the team event now opening the championships, who will take home the first gold of Doha 2024.

Teams to Watch:

Image Source: Team Mexico was all smiles with silver in Fukuoka. Can gold be in there future in Doha? (Wataru NINOMIYA/World Aquatics)

Mexico:  The emerging nation in the world of diving, Mexico’s silver in the Team event in 2023 was one of six diving medals won in Fukuoka and at time of print the same four swimmers (Gabriela Agundez Garcia, Randal Willars Valdez, Jahir Ocampo Marroquin, Aranza Vazquez Montano) are expected to again contest the Team event in Doha.

Australia:  The last time Cassiel Rousseau hit the water at a World Championships it was a 98.05 scoring final dive in the Men 10m Platform event that delivered a gold medal that sent shockwaves through the diving world. A star was well and truly born. Rousseau will again combine with Maddison Keeney, Shixin Li and Nikita Hains as they aim to go better than their fourth-placed finish in Fukuoka.

Previous Championships:

2023:  People’s Republic of China (Gold), Mexico (Silver), Germany (Bronze)

2022:  People’s Republic of China (Gold), France (Silver), Great Britain (Bronze)

Women 1m Springboard

Image Source: Maha Eissa (EGY) competing in the Women's 1m Springboard Prelims at the 2022 Worlds in Budapest (David Balogh/World Aquatics)

The first individual gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 is up for grabs in the Women’s 1m Springboard with as many as eight divers all capable of winning their first world title on day one of competition.

Athletes to Watch:

Maha Eissa (EGY):  Twenty-four-year-old Maha Eissa could be just six dives away from making World Aquatics Championships history for Egypt. The nation has never won a medal in diving and across all six disciplines since the first championships in 1973 the northern African nation has returned just three bronze medals. Tonight Eissa will be the diver to watch as she aims to improve from a fifth placed finish in Fukuoka last year.

Alison Gibson (USA):  There wouldn’t be many better stories on day one of the World Aquatics Championships than an Alison Gibson gold for the United States of America. The now 24-year-old left the sport after the Tokyo Olympics stating “it was easier to retire than to face the prospect of failure on an international stage again”. Gibson only returned to the sport competitively three months ago where she unexpectedly won two USA National Championship Titles, and while Olympics redemption may be the ultimate goal, a Doha gold would well and truly be the perfect start to 2024.

Previous Championships:

2023:  Lin Shan (Gold), Li Yajie (Silver), Aranza Vasquez (Bronze)

2022:  Li Yajie (Gold), Sarah Bacon (Silver), Mia Vallee (Bronze)