After passing the six rounds, Villarreal did not present problems to reach the first goal of the competition by placing in 9th position adding 410.30 units.
The one from Nuevo León began the test in eighth place with the jump of three and a half laps inverse (3.2) 73.60 points to begin the work to the medal zone of the Olympic joust to which he made his debut.
The diver and medalist in the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, did not hesitate to follow his goal, although in jumps 3 and 4 he dropped to positions 14 and 13, which meant that he would be out of the semifinal.
But this was not finished, at the end, the 24-year-old Villarreal returned to the game with the jump 109C (3.7) to rise to the tenth place and from there finish in the ninth with 5255B (3.6).
On the other hand, the Jalisco Iván García, Olympic medalist, was unsuccessful this time as he fell behind with 24th place with 316.95 points.
The one known as ‘Pollo’ started the test in an uncertain way, since from the beginning with his first jump (307C) he was placed in position 19 and although he could go up positions with executions 2 and 3, he could not continue in his eagerness to advance to the next stage.
The test was dominated by the Chinese Jian Yang (546.90) and Yuan Cao (529.30), who made it 1-2 and third place went to the representative of the Russian Olympic Committee, Aleksandr Bondar (513.85).