Zhou Xin, FINA Press Correspondent in China
With a day-high score 103.60 points for his 109C (forward 4
1/2 somersault, tuck), Britain's talent Thomas Daley was satisfied with a
silver medal behind world champion Qiu Bo in the men's 10m platform final. The
Chinese divers got all eight gold medals on offer once more at the 2012
FINA/Midea Diving World Series in Beijing (CHN).
Comparing to last year's 600 plus form, Qiu collected only five full marks and 566.50 points for the gold, after a mistake for his fourth dive (a 207B - back 3 1/2 somersault, pike) with a poor 88.20 which just came after Daley's 109C. Daley finished with silver in 541.15 and Peter Waterfield ofBritain
Qiu, gold medalist at the 2011 FINA World Championships and 2012 FINA World Cup, said he was not in a good shape since last year's World Championships. "I have been suffering injuries after the World Championships that obliged me to reduce the time for training and added time to recovery. My form is not as good as I was last year. However, I am happy to compete with Daley, he performed very well today," Qiu said.
For Daley, what he performed in the "Water Cube" is the best competition he has competed in the last years. "This is the highest score I've got in two years, including last year's worlds, London World Cup and World Series inDubai
In the women's 3m springboard, Chinese diver He Zi beat her veteran teammate Wu Minxia to claim the title. The 21-year-old He, who was almost 11 points behind Wu after her fourth dive, made a game-high last dive to rank first with 395.55, edging world champion Wu by 1.05.Italy
"I didn't expect to surpass Wu before my last dive," said He, who trailed Wu to take the silver at the 2011Shanghai
Chinese pair Qin Kai/Luo Yutong won the men's 3m springboard synchronised on 464.49, 33.06 points more than the runners-up Illya Kvasha/Oleksiy Prygorov ofUkraine Ukraine
Chen Ruolin/Wang Hao dominated the women's 10m synchronised platform with 360.66, ahead of Paola Espinosa/Alejandra rozco ofMexico
(327.48) and Meaghan Benfeito/Roseline Filion of Canada
Comparing to last year's 600 plus form, Qiu collected only five full marks and 566.50 points for the gold, after a mistake for his fourth dive (a 207B - back 3 1/2 somersault, pike) with a poor 88.20 which just came after Daley's 109C. Daley finished with silver in 541.15 and Peter Waterfield of
Qiu, gold medalist at the 2011 FINA World Championships and 2012 FINA World Cup, said he was not in a good shape since last year's World Championships. "I have been suffering injuries after the World Championships that obliged me to reduce the time for training and added time to recovery. My form is not as good as I was last year. However, I am happy to compete with Daley, he performed very well today," Qiu said.
For Daley, what he performed in the "Water Cube" is the best competition he has competed in the last years. "This is the highest score I've got in two years, including last year's worlds, London World Cup and World Series in
In the women's 3m springboard, Chinese diver He Zi beat her veteran teammate Wu Minxia to claim the title. The 21-year-old He, who was almost 11 points behind Wu after her fourth dive, made a game-high last dive to rank first with 395.55, edging world champion Wu by 1.05.
"I didn't expect to surpass Wu before my last dive," said He, who trailed Wu to take the silver at the 2011
Chinese pair Qin Kai/Luo Yutong won the men's 3m springboard synchronised on 464.49, 33.06 points more than the runners-up Illya Kvasha/Oleksiy Prygorov of
Chen Ruolin/Wang Hao dominated the women's 10m synchronised platform with 360.66, ahead of Paola Espinosa/Alejandra rozco of
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