Ahead of the women's 3m springboard final at the Doha major, all eyes at the Hamad Aquatics Centre were on Taghi Askar. To a building round of applause, he walked up to the 1m platform, put his hands together and bowed, steadied, and\ufeff dropped gracefully into the pool.<\/p>\n
Watch the 2024 World Aquatics Championships\ufeff live and exclusively on<\/strong> 9Now<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Askar wasn't there to take gold medals from anyone; he was promoting the World Aquatics Masters Championships, set to take place at the same venue in just under two weeks' time.\ufeff<\/p>\n Seventy-three years earlier, he had picked up silver and bronze medals at the inaugural Asian Games in New Delhi\ufeff.<\/p>\n He discovered his passion for diving in his teens and still loves it today.\ufeff<\/p>\n "The only thing I want to tell you is about loving this sport, and to keep yourself healthy," Askar said.<\/p>\n In the women's 3m springboard final that followed his dive, China's Yani Chang claimed gold with 354.75 points.<\/p>\n China's Yiwen Chen (336.60 points) and South Korea's Suji Kim (311.25) won silver and bronze respectively, as Australia's Maddison Keeney finished fourth with 302.95 points.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> How beach accident horror led Aussie to obsession\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Shock as teen prodigy ends Ledecky's 13-year reign\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n