The only thing missing at the coronation of Alexandre Despatie as the king of diving was a crown.
The Canadian thoroughly dominated his rivals for the second time at the World Swimming Championships, winning the 1m springboard Thursday.
"I was just ready for this moment," he said.
Virginie Dedieu of France defended her world championship in solo synchronized swimming, the only other medal event Thursday.
Canada took over the top spot in the medals standings with three golds. China, Russia and the US were tied with two golds each. The Chinese have a leading seven medals overall.
Despatie also earned gold in the 3m springboard Tuesday, delighting fans in his hometown of Montreal who created a heavily partisan atmosphere at the pool on Ile Saint-Helene.
"I never imagined I would end up with two gold medals," he said. "After the 3m, I thought I had done my job and 1-meter was a bonus."
Despatie led all the way in beating two former world champions from China and giving his country its third diving gold medal.
He won with 489.69 points.
Defending champion Xu Xiang earned the silver with 445.68. Wang Feng, the 2001 world champion, took bronze with 445.56.
Joona Puhakka of Finland, who finished third two years ago, was fourth. Americans Jevon Tarantino and Chris Colwill were fifth and sixth, respectively.
Despatie stayed consistent throughout the six-dive final. He earned a perfect mark of 10.0 for his fifth dive, a reverse 1 somersault with 2 twists.
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