ROSTOCK – Canada\u2019s Meaghan Benfeito, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, and current 10m synchro World champion Sascha Klein of Germany took the gold in both platform events, individual and synchro, in Rostock (GER), the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2015 held on February 20-22. Belarus, China, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine were the other nations with medals at the event.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s 3m springboard, 2013 World bronze medallist Jahir Ocampo (MEX) bested Peng Jianfeng (CHN, second) and Illya Kvasha (UKR, third). In the platform, home favourite Sascha Klein clearly dominated the field, finishing on top with 524.20 points while Tai Xiaohu (CHN) and Vadim Kaptur (BLR) took silver and bronze, respectively. Klein also won the platform synchro with Patrick Hausding ahead of the Chinese and Mexican pairs.<\/p>\n
Among women, China\u2019s Qu Lin took out the 3m springboard, edging Italy\u2019s Tania Cagnotto, 2013 World silver medallist, by just 0.20 points. Scooping the bronze was 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Jennifer Abel of Canada. Qu also finished first in the 3m springboard synchro, combining with Wu Chunting. In the 10m platform, the battle for the gold played out between Canada\u2019s Meaghan Benfeito and Chinese Lin Jing with Benfeito emerging victorious by a slim margin (360.30 against 359.40). Another Chinese, Suo Miya, claimed the bronze. The Canadian took another gold with Roseline Filion in the 10m platform synchro, totalling 302.55 points.<\/p>\n
MEDALLISTS IN ROSTOCK (GER)<\/strong> Women<\/strong> FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX 2015 CALENDAR<\/strong> ROSTOCK – Canada\u2019s Meaghan Benfeito, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, and current 10m synchro World champion Sascha Klein of Germany took the gold in both platform events, individual and synchro, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":56314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[33166,33161,30428,36088],"class_list":["post-124022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diving","tag-jennifer-abel","tag-roseline-filion","tag-sascha-klein","tag-tania-cagnotto"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\n Men<\/strong>
\n3m springboard: 1. Jahir Ocampo (MEX) 489.80; 2. Peng Jianfeng (CHN) 482.00; 3. Illya Kvasha (UKR) 462.60
\n10m platform: 1. Sascha Klein (GER) 524.20; 2. Tai Xiaohu (CHN) 476.45; 3. Vadim Kaptur (BLR) 465.10
\n3m springboard synchro: 1. Oleksandr Gorshkovozov \/ Illya Kvasha (UKR) 406.11; 2. Huang Bowen \/ Zhong Yuming (CHN) 377.76; 3. Evgeny Novoselov \/ Viacheslav Novoselov (RUS) 359.40
\n10m platform synchro: 1. Patrick Hausding \/ Sascha Klein (GER) 451.26; 2. Lian Junjie \/ Tai Xiaohu (CHN) 427.47; 3. Diego Balleza \/ Jonathan Ruvalcaba (MEX) 400.35<\/p>\n
\n3m springboard: 1. Qu Lin (CHN) 341.25; 2. Tania Cagnotto (ITA) 341.05; 3. Jennifer Abel (CAN) 336.30
\n10m platform: 1. Meaghan Benfeito (CAN) 360.30; 2. Lin Jing (CHN) 359.40; 3. Suo Miya (CHN) 337.65
\n3m springboard synchro: 1. Qu Lin \/ Wu Chunting (CHN) 305.40; 2. Tania Cagnotto \/ Francesca Dallape (ITA) 284.40; 3. Jennifer Abel \/ Pamela Ware (CAN) 284.34
\n10m platform synchro: 1. Meaghan Benfeito \/ Roseline Filion (CAN) 302.55; 2. Lin Jing \/ Suo Miya (CHN) 301.56; 3. Alejandra Estrella \/ Karla Rivas (MEX) 294.30<\/p>\n
\nFebruary 20-22 – Rostock (GER)
\nApril 2-5 – Leon (MEX)
\nApril 9-12 – Gatineau (CAN)
\nApril 16-19 – San Juan (PUR)
\nJune 26-28 – Madrid (ESP)
\nJuly 3-5 – Bolzano (ITA)
\nOctober 16-18 – Singapore (SIN)
\nOctober 23-25 – Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
\nOct 29-Nov 1 – Gold Coast (AUS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"