Chen at her dominant best

Defending Olympic Games champion Chen Ruolin re-established China's dominance in the Diving pool by bettering her rivals in the first round of the women's 10m Platform tonight.

LONCAT INDAH INDONESIA (8/8). China saw their bid to claim all the Diving gold medals ended last night when Russia's Ilya Zakharov pulled off a sensational victory in the men's 3m Springboard.

But world champion Chen ensured normal service resumed again as she topped the score sheets with 392.35 ahead of tomorrow morning's semi-final.

Malaysia's Pandelela Rinong Pamg was her nearest rival, some 43.35 points behind, but Chen still found reason to be disappointed.

'I feel it's all right. Two dives, I feel, were not really under control - the second and the fourth,' she said.

'Before every dive the whole routine goes through my mind.'

Germany's Christin Steuer, a last-minute inclusion for injured team-mate Nora Subschinski, was third ahead of Australians Brittany Broben and Melissa Wu.

'I found out yesterday lunchtime I was competing,' Steuer said.

'I was the reserve, and when Nora wasn't getting better, I just jumped in.

'I got third place, so that's good. I didn't see the competition, I didn't even see my own dives. I was surprised to reach third position.'

Australia's 16-year-old hopeful Broben said: 'I could have dived a lot better tonight but I'm hoping to save it for the final.

'It doesn't feel like the Olympics but when I saw the big London 2012 on the bottom of the pool, that's when it hit me.

'I suppose I would like to get a medal but there are a lot of strong competitors so I haven't really thought about it.'