Diving Grand Prix: Jerman dan Rusia menahan dominasi Cina di Rostock (Jerman)

Kota Rostock (Jerman) menyambut lebih dari 90 peloncat indah terbaik dari 20 negara yang mengikuti Kejuaraan Loncat Indah Grand Prix ke-17, Mei. Meskipun Cina tidak mengirim atlet terbaiknya, bakat muda ini tidak mengecewakan, menyapu setengah dari gelar yang dipertaruhkan.
Di antara atlet putri, Ting Shi Mao adalah yang terbaik pada loncatan 3m, berbagi gelar dengan rekan setimnya Lin Qu (kedua). Meraih emas dalam nomor lain oleh wajah segar, Yi Ying Xing. Atlet favorit tuan rumah Nora Subschinski tampil selama tiga hari pertandingan dengan mengesankan, meraih juara semua nomor - perak sinkro 3m (dengan Tina Punzel) dan perunggu tiga nomor tersisa (dengan Christin Steuer dalam nomor sinkro 10m). Atlet Malaysia Pandelela Rinong (bersama Leong Mun Yee) membuat sensasi dalam Sinkronisasi 10m, meraih emas dan perak dalam nomor individu.
Di kelompok putra, nomor sinkro 3m dan 10m podium diraih atlet Rusiaia - Kuznetsov Evgeny 3m dan Ilya Zakharov / Victor Minibaev dalam sinkro 10m. Aisen Chen, China berbagi juara 10m dengan Sascha Klein (Jerman, kedua) dan Gleb Galperin (Rusiaia, ketiga) sementara nomor 3m, sinkro Jerman Patrick Hausding dan Stephan Feck meraih emas.
Negara-negara lain yang meraih gelar di Rostock adalah Ukraina (perak dan perunggu 10m sinkro putra dan sinkro 3m putri) dan Amerika Serikat (perak sinkro 3m putra).

Perolehan Medali

Putra

Papan 3m: 

1. Evgeny Kuznetsov (RUSIA) 512.45;

2. Pavlo Rozenberg (JERMAN) 488.40;

3. Ilya Zakharov (RUSIA) 484.65

Menara 10m: 

1. Aisen Chen (CHINA) 570.85;

2. Sascha Klein (JERMAN) 558.05;

3. Gleb Galperin (RUSIA) 529.65

Papan 3m sinkro: 

1. Patrick Hausding/Stephan Feck (JERMAN) 415.86;

2. Chris Colwill/Drew Livingston (AS) 405.90;

3. Min He/Jianfeng Peng (CHINA) 401.28

Menara 10m sinkro: 

1. Ilya Zakharov/Victor Minibaev (RUSIA) 437.88;

2. Alexandr Bondar/ Oleksandr Gorshkovozov (UKRAINA) 419.94;

3. Patrick Hausding/Sascha Klein (JERMAN) 406.65

Putri

Papan 3m: 

1. Ting Mao Shi (CHINA) 369.90;

2. Lin Qu (CHINA) 347.25;

3. Nora Subschinski (JERMAN) 332.40

Menara 10m: 

1. Yi Ying Xing (CHINA) 391.15;

2. Pandelela Rinong (MAS) 350.65;

3. Nora Subschinski (JERMAN) 341.35

Papan 3m sinkro: 

1. Ye Chen/Lin Qu (CHINA) 308.40;

2. Tina Punzel/Nora Subschinski (JERMAN) 291.00;

3. Olena Fedorova/Anna Pysmenska (UKRAINA) 280.50

Menara 10m sinkro: 

1. Pandelela Rinong/Mun Yee Leong (MAS) 312.96;

2. Yajie Si/Yi Ying Xing (CHINA) 309.00;

3. Nora Subschinski/Christin Steuer (JERMAN) 300.54

China Dominates FINA Diving Grand Prix Stop in Madrid, Spain

LONCAT INDAH INDONESIA. CHINA blitzed to win six out of the eight titles on offer in Madrid (ESP), the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2011 held from February 18-20. The non-Chinese victories went to Canada's Jennifer Abel and Illya Kvasha from Ukraine in the women's and men's 3m springboard, respectively. 

Preventing a total Chinese sweep in the men's field, Kvasha shared the podium with Shixin Li from China (second) and Brazil's Cesar Castro (third). In the platform competition, Yuan Cao (CHN) had an outstanding final, leaving the silver for compatriot Luxin Zhou while Oleksandr Bondar (UKR) claimed third spot. 

In the synchronised events, China prevailed, with Cao and Yanquan Zhang finishing first in the 10m platform. The Russian pair Victor Minibaev/Ilya Zakharov took silver and Cubans Jose G. Oliva and Jenklen A. Manso completed the podium. On the lower board, Zhiyi Sun and Longji Yu bested Zakharov, who paired this time with Eugeny Kuznetsov (second), and Kvasha, competing with partner Oleksiy Prygorov (third). 

Among women, Canada, which has a formidable reputation for grooming excellent divers, and therefore remains one of China's strongest rivals, confirms its status with the gold earned by Jennifer Abel in the 3m springboard. 2010 winner in the event Han Wang (CHN) had to settle for the silver while Sweden's "veteran" Anna Lindberg was happy with a bronze-medal finish. Wang (pairing with Quilin Zheng) also won the 3m synchro event. 

Meanwhile, teammate Sinou Ma registered a clear win in the platform event and scooping the silver medal behind her was another young Chinese diving prospect, Tingting Ke. Australia's Hannah Thek placed third. In the synchro same event, the pairing Huixia Liu/Jiaming Zhu claimed the gold, Canada's Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion were second while Alina Chaplenko and Iuliia Prokopchuk (UKR) secured the minor medal. 

MEDALLISTS IN MADRID (ESP) 
Men 
3m springboard: 1. Illya Kvasha (UKR) 497.00; 2. Shixin Li (CHN) 483.35; 3. Cesar Castro (BRA) 469.45 
10m platform: 1. Yuan Cao (CHN) 576.30; 2. Luxin Zhou (CHN) 538.05; 3. Oleksandr Bondar (UKR) 500.60 
3m springboard synchro: 1. Zhiyi Sun/Longji Yu (CHN) 430.86; 2. Eugeny Kuznetsov/Ilya Zakharov (RUS) 425.70; 3. Illya Kvasha/Oleksiy Prygorov (UKR) 415.08 
10m platform synchro: 1. Yuan Cao/Yanquan Zhang (CHN) 460.95; 2. Victor Minibaev/Ilya Zakharov (RUS) 439.59; 3. Jose G. Oliva/Jenklen A. Manso (CUB) 381.66 

Women 
3m springboard: 1. Jennifer Abel (CAN) 357.45; 2. Han Wang (CHN) 344.35; 3. Anna Lindberg (SWE) 333.45 
10m platform: 1. Sinou Ma (CHN) 408.55; 2. Tingting Ke (CHN) 374.80; 3. Hannah Thek (AUS) 307.00 
3m springboard synchro: 1. Han Wang/Quilin Zheng (CHN) 320.10; 2. Nadezda Bazhina/Svetlana Phillppova (RUS) 297.36; 3. Olena Fedorova/Anna Pysmenska (UKR) 289.20 
10m platform synchro: 1. Huixia Liu/Jiaming Zhu (CHN) 346.92; 2. Meaghan Benfeito/Roseline Filion (CAN) 319.83; 3. Alina Chaplenko/Iuliia Prokopchuk (UKR) 296.52 

2011 FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX CALENDAR 
February 18-20 Madrid ESP 
February 24-26 Penza RUS 
April 28-May 1 Montreal CAN 
May 5-8 Fort-Lauderdale USA 
May 27-29 Rostock GER 
June 10-12 Bolzano ITA 

Sumber: SwimmingWorld.