FINA Diving World Series, Nanjing: China Dominates at Home

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NANJING, China, May 31. CHINA largely dominated the third and last leg of the 2008 FINA Diving World Series, held in Nanjing (CHN), on May 30-31, by getting eight gold medals out of the eight events at stake. With a couple of months until the Olympic Games, also at home (in Beijing), the Chinese stars made it clear that they will be the nation-to-beat in the major international competition of the year.

Medallists in Nanjing (CHN)
Men
3m springboard: 1. He Chong (CHN) 543.30; 2. Qin Kai (CHN) 508.50; 3. Yahel Castillo (MEX) 461.55
10m platform: 1. Zhou Luxin (CHN) 581.60; 2. Jose Guerra Oliva (CUB) 524.75; 3. Rommel Pacheco (MEX) 489.00
Synchro 3m springboard: 1. Kai Qin/Feng Wang (CHN) 471.75; 2. Nick Robinson-Baker/Ben Swain (GBR) 431.79; 3. Dmitry Sautin/Yuri Kunakov (RUS) 424.53
Synchro 10m platform: 1. Li Mengqiang/Wang Zihao (CHN) 449.07; 2. Oleg Vikulov/Konstantin Khanbekov (RUS) 434.52; 3. Jose Guerra Oliva/Erick Fornaris (CUB) 422.46

Women
3m springboard: 1. Minxia Wu (CHN) 377.50; 2. Blythe Hartley (CAN) 371.55; 3. Anna Lindberg (SWE) 331.20
10m platform: 1. Ruolin Chen (CHN) 456.40; 2. Emilie Heymans (CAN) 390.50; 3. Paola Espinosa (MEX) 382.20
Synchro 3m springboard: 1. Minxia Wu/Jingjing Guo (CHN) 338.10; 2. Anastasia Pozdniakova/Yulia Pakhalina (RUS) 329.34; 3. Tandi Gerrard/Hayley Sage (GBR) 272.19
Synchro 10m platform: 1. Wang Xin/Chen Ruolin (CHN) 375.48; 2. Emilie Heymans/Marie-Eve Marleau (CAN) 353.58; 3. Tatiana Ortiz/Paola Espinosa (MEX) 348.69

OVERALL WINNERS (BY EVENTS) OF THE 2008 FINA DIVING WORLD SERIES:
MEN
3m springboard: Kai Qin (CHN), 48 points
10m platform: Zhou Luxin (CHN), 36 points
Synchro 3m springboard: Kai Qin/Feng Wang (CHN), 81 points
Synchro 10m platform: Oleg Vikulov/Konstantin Khanbekov (RUS), 51 points

WOMEN
3m springboard: Minxia Wu (CHN), 48 points
10m platform: Paola Espinosa (MEX), 50 points
Synchro 3m springboard: Jingjing Guo/Minxia Wu (CHN), 81 points
Synchro 10m platform: Marie-Eve Marleau/Emilie Heymans (CAN), 75 points

Special thanks to FINA for contributing this report.

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