FINA Diving Grand Prix, Montreal: China Dominates Again

MONTREAL, Canada, May 5. OVER the weekend at the FINA Diving Grand Prix held in Montreal, the Chinese won the bulk of the medals as is usually the case.

Gleb Galperin and Dmitry Dobroskok of Russia (men's tower synchro) and Melissa Wu of Australia (women's tower) were the only divers outside of China to win gold. The Russians collected 445.08 points, while Wu posted 399.25 points in her event.

He Chong (three-meter, 530.55) and Zhou Luxin (tower, 566.60) won individual titles for the men, while Qin Kai and Wang Feng took the men's three-meter synchro with 459.93 points.

Guo Jingjing (three-meter, 383.45) won an individual for the women, while teaming with Wu Minxia to win the three-meter synchro with 350.40 points. Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin also won the women's tower synchro with 356.10 points.

Results
Men
3m springboard: 1. Chong He (CHN) 530.55; 2. Kai Qin (CHN) 522.20; 3. Ken Terauchi (JPN) 489.15
10m platform: 1. Luxin Zhou (CHN) 566.60; 2. Liang Huo (CHN) 534.95; 3. Mathew Helm (AUS) 515.70
3m springboard synchro: 1. Kai Qin/Feng Wang (CHN) 459.93; 2. Scott Robertson/Robert Newbery (AUS) 431.52; 3. Sascha Klein/Pavlo Rozenberg (GER) 422.16
10m platform synchro: 1. Gleb Galperin/Dmitry Dobroskok (RUS) 445.08; 2. Liang Huo/Yue Lin (CHN) 442.92; 3. Mathew Helm/Robert Newbery (AUS) 431.16

Women
3m springboard: 1. Jingjing Guo (CHN) 383.45; 2. Minxia Wu (CHN) 368.90; 3. Blythe Hartley (CAN) 356.40
10m platform: 1. Melissa Wu (AUS) 399.25; 2. Emilie Heymans (CAN) 388.90; 3. Xin Wang (CHN) 379.60
3m springboard synchro: 1. Minxia Wu/Jingjing Guo (CHN) 350.40; 2. Briony Cole/Sharleen Stratton (AUS) 303.18; 3. Jennifer Abel/Meaghan Benfeito (CAN) 291.66
10m platform synchro: 1. Ruolin Chen/Xin Wang (CHN) 356.10; 2. Melissa Wu/Briony Cole (AUS) 351.96; 3. Marie-Eve Marleau/Emilie Heymans (CAN) 348.03

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