BEIJING, China, February 24. IT took six days, but for the first time in the Good Luck Beijing FINA Diving World Cup event someone not representing China assumed the top of the podium.
In the men's platform competition, Germany's Sascha Klein collected gold with a tally of 566.85. After trailing China's Zhou Lu Xin during the third round, Klein never looked back and pushed forth until he emerged triumphant.
Zhou, on the other hand, wound up taking silver with a 543.40 tally, while David Boudia claimed the first medal for the U.S. with a third-place 526.65.
China came back with a vengeance in the women's three-meter synchro as Wu Min Xia and Guo Jing Jing crushed their competition with a gold-medal tally of 362.10.
Russia's team of Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdyakova took silver with 329.61 points, while the U.S. snagged another bronze medal as Ariel Rittenhouse and Kelci Bryant tallied 322.50 points.