Chinese Close FINA Diving Grand Prix with Gold Medal Sweep

CHANGSHU, China, July 23. THE Chinese rolled to a gold medal sweep in the 15th-Annual FINA Diving World Cup in Changshu, China on Sunday. Huo Liang and Lin Yue dove to first-place honors in the men’s synchronized platform competition with a 499.08 tally, while Guo Jingjing and Li Ting picked up gold in the women’s synchronized three-meter event with 343.80 points.

Meanwhile, Americans David Boudia and Thomas Finchum claimed the United States’ silver medals in the tower event with 443.22 points, while Korea’s Kyung Min Kwon and Kwan Hoon Cho earned bronze with 434.52 points.

On the women’s side, Ariel Rittenhouse and Kelci Bryant of the U.S. garnered silver with 306.30 points, while Germany’s Heike Fischer and Ditte Kotzian rounded out the top three with 298.68 points.

Men’s Platform Synchro
Finals
1 Huo Liang CHN 499.08 Q
Lin Yue
2 David Boudia USA 443.22 55.86 Q
Thomas Finchum
3 Kyung Min Kwon KOR 434.52 64.56 Q
Kwan Hoon Cho
4 Oleg Vikulov RUS 431.52 67.56 Q
K.Khanbekov
5 Sascha Klein GER 424.44 74.64 Q
Heiko Meyer
6 Jong Nam Ri PRK 413.34 85.74 Q
Chon Man Kim
7 O.Gorshkovoz UKR 410.34 88.74
Dmytro Mezhenskyy
8 Hugo Parisi BRA 400.56 98.52
Cassius Duran
9 Ryan Fabriga PHI 387.54 111.54
Jaime Asok
10 Blake Aldridge GBR 382.53 116.55
Gareth Jones
11 Eric Sehn CAN 362.40 136.68
W.Gorup-Paul

Prelims
1 Huo Liang CHN 450.42 Q
Lin Yue
2 David Boudia USA 438.00 12.42 Q
Thomas Finchum
3 Sascha Klein GER 405.60 44.82 Q
Heiko Meyer
4 Jong Nam Ri PRK 401.82 48.60 Q
Chon Man Kim
5 Oleg Vikulov RUS 398.40 52.02 Q
K.Khanbekov
6 Kyung Min Kwon KOR 385.74 64.68 Q
Kwan Hoon Cho
7 O.Gorshkovoz UKR 379.74 70.68 Q
Dmytro Mezhenskyy
8 Blake Aldridge GBR 374.82 75.60 Q
Gareth Jones
9 Ryan Fabriga PHI 373.38 77.04 Q
Jaime Asok
10 Hugo Parisi BRA 364.95 85.47 Q
Cassius Duran
11 Eric Sehn CAN 352.74 97.68 Q
W.Gorup-Paul

Women’s Three-Meter Synchro
Finals
Rank Name Team Point Notes
1 Guo Jingjing CHN 343.80 Q
Li Ting
2 Ariel Rittenhouse USA 306.30 37.50 Q
Kelci Bryant
3 Heike Fischer GER 298.68 45.12 Q
Ditte Kotzian
4 Blythe Hartley CAN 294.60 49.20 Q
Emilie Heymans
5 Tandi Gerrard GBR 280.89 62.91 Q
Hayley Sage
6 Misako Yamashita JPN 280.80 63.00 Q
Ryoko Nishii
7 Hsin Lu TPE 247.68 96.12
En-Tien Lu
8 Sheila Mae Perez PHI 238.44 105.36
Ceseil Domenios
9 Kolic Natasa CRO 227.52 116.28
Balog Petra
10 Choi Sutlan MAC 221.28 122.52
Choi Sutkuan

Prelims
1 Guo Jingjing CHN 321.30 Q
Li Ting
2 Blythe Hartley CAN 299.40 21.90 Q
Emilie Heymans
3 Ariel Rittenhouse USA 295.20 26.10 Q
Kelci Bryant
4 Heike Fischer GER 289.77 31.53 Q
Ditte Kotzian
5 Tandi Gerrard GBR 272.16 49.14 Q
Hayley Sage
6 Misako Yamashita JPN 251.40 69.90 Q
Ryoko Nishii
7 Hsin Lu TPE 246.06 75.24 Q
En-Tien Lu
8 Kolic Natasa CRO 235.26 86.04 Q
Balog Petra
9 Choi Sutlan MAC 235.11 86.19 Q
Choi Sutkuan
10 Sheila Mae Perez PHI 230.16 91.14 Q
Ceseil Domenios

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