LONCAT INDAH, Bo Qiu retained his 10m crown in spectacular
style, defeating Olympic gold medallist David Boudia of the USA to bring China
their ninth diving title out of 10 on offer at the FINA World Championships.
Qiu uncorked two dives worth more than 100 points as well as a barrage of
perfect 10 marks from the judges in a master class from the 10m tower. Qiu, the
first man to retain the world platform crown since Russia 's Dmitry Sautin in 1998,
began inauspiciously in the first round after a shaky semi-final but only two
of his six final dives turned out to be worth less than 99 points.
Qiu, Olympic silver medallist behind Boudia at the London
Games, amassed a colossal 581.00 points to win by a vast 63.60 points from
Boudia (517.40). The American dived consistently but had to settle for the
silver behind Qiu for the second successive World Championships. Germany's
Sascha Klein, who shared gold with Patrick Hausding in the 10m synchro, the
only title to escape China at the Montjuic Municipal Pool, finished third with
508.55 points, repeating the world bronze he achieved in 2011. Tom Daley of Great Britain China
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