South African diver Julia Vincent placed a respectable ninth in the 3-meter springboard final at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Friday, February 9, 2024.
As a result, she has achieved a better result at the tournament, which will be held from January 2 to 18, 2024, than she did last year in Japan, where she finished 10th.
On Thursday, Vincent delivered a quality performance and showed how his experience has helped him maintain a high standard of competition. China's Yani Zhang won gold, compatriot Ewen Chen won silver and South Korea's Suzy Kim won bronze.
Activities begin in the pools on Sunday, with many South African swimmers taking to the sea over the next few days. One of those swimmers would be Lara van Niekerk. She will compete in the 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke in Qatar.
“I'm really happy with my training over the last few months. Staying healthy was a real victory for me, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that preparation translates into the race,'' van Niekerk said in swims. Told on org.
2024 is the Olympic year, so this year's Doha participants find themselves in the strange position of taking part in the World Aquatics Championships. This event is being held now as it makes up for missed events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Van Niekerk feels this competition will be a great preparation for the Olympics.
“Although this is very early in the season, we have known this for a while and already started making adjustments after last year's World Championships.
“I love racing and both my coach and I thought it would be great preparation for Paris and help us know what we need to adjust for the Olympics.”20 the year-old added on swimsa.org.
Van Niekerk said it would be great to win a medal in his event, but his goal was to improve his personal record.
“Of course I want to get on the podium this time, but this field is really strong, so I'm just focusing on my time and seeing if I can lower my PB.”
Photo caption: South African diver Julia Vincent achieved a respectable 9th place in the 3m springboard final at the World Aquatics Championships held in Doha, Qatar from 2nd to 18th January 2024. photograph: Screenshot of SwimSouthAfrica video on Instagram
