DIVING AT THE 2018 SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPICS
- October 13th-17th, 2018
- Parque Polideportivo Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Results
After missing out on gold in a diving event for the first time in Youth Olympics history in the boys’ 3-meter event, China missed another in the boys’ 10-meter event. Mexican Randal Willars beat China’s Lian Junjie by 9.75 points. Junjie was the 2017 World Champion in the mixed 10m synchro platform event.
After a 0-point dive, and a few other misses, cost Junjie a medal in the men’s 3-meter event, he performed much better on the platform. A massive 4th dive from Willars, however, where he averaged 9.0s and had a meet-best 97.20 overall score on his 2nd-toughest dive, was enough to lift him past his Chinese competitor.
China’s Lin Shan completed a clean sweep of the girls’ events. After winning the platform event earlier in the week, she then won the 3-meter event by more than 60 points ahead of Russia’s Uliana Kliueva; and then paired with Columbia’s Daniel Restrepo in the mixed team 10-meter event to win by just 1.25 points ahead of her countrymate Lian Junjie and Germany’s Elena Wassen. Unlike most international diving competitions, the teams in the mixed team event were made up of athletes from different nations (with the exception of the Americans, who paired their two divers Bridget O’Neil and Jack Matthews).
O’Neil took bronze in the girls’ 3-meter event on Monday, which was the Americans’ first diving medal of the meet and 2nd-ever, after Michael Hixon took bronze in the boys’ 3-meter event in 2010.
Medalists Lists:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys’ 3m springboard | Daniel Restrepo Colombia |
Anthony Harding Great Britain |
Ruslan Ternovoi Russia |
| Boys’ 10m platform | Randal Willars Mexico |
Lian Junjie China |
Ruslan Ternovoi Russia |
| Girls’ 3m springboard | Lin Shan China |
Uliana Kliueva Russia |
Bridget O’Neil United States |
| Girls’ 10m platform | Lin Shan China |
Sofiya Lyskun Ukraine |
Gabriela Belem Agundes Garcia Mexico |
| Mixed team | Lin Shan China Daniel Restrepo Colombia |
Elena Wassen GermanyLian Junjie China |
Sofiya Lyskun Ukraine Ruslan Ternovoi Russia |
Final Medals Table:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| – |  Mixed-NOCs |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Mexico |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Colombia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Russia |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 nations) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |