{"id":136727,"date":"2015-06-17T07:48:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=136727"},"modified":"2016-02-03T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T23:49:27","slug":"olympic-diving-for-rio-2016-welcomes-first-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-diving-for-rio-2016-welcomes-first-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Diving for Rio 2016 Welcomes First Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first qualifying places for the Olympic Diving event were chosen over the weekend. 2015 Arena European Diving Championships ended on Sunday (14) in the German city of Rostock, and the winners of the individual events \u2013 from Ukraine, Italy, Germany and France \u2013 brought home the first qualifying places in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/the-games\/olympic\" target=\"_blank\">Rio 2016 Olympic<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/the-games\/olympic\/sports\/diving\" target=\"_blank\">diving<\/a> competitions for their countries. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/news\/news\/follow-the-race-to-qualify-for-the-rio-2016-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\">(Follow the race to qualify for Rio 2016 here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\">Ukraine and Italy won places in the women&#8217;s tournament thanks to spectacular performances by <strong>Iiulia Prokopchuk<\/strong> (Ukraine) in the 10m platform, and <strong>Tania Cagnotto<\/strong> (Italy) in the 3m springboard. Germany and France booked their places in the men\u2019s Olympic competition via <strong>Martin Wolfram<\/strong> (10m platform) and <strong>Matthieu Rosset<\/strong> (3m springboard), respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\">Italian <strong>Tania Cagnotto<\/strong> \u2013 one of Europe\u2019s most successful divers \u2013 stole the show in Rostock, taking home three gold medals as well as claiming the Olympic ticket for her country. Her 3m springboard victory on Sunday brought her already bulging European gold medal count to 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><span title=\"O campeonato tamb\u00e9m contou com provas de saltos sincronizados \u2013 por\u00e9m sem chance de classifica\u00e7\u00e3o para o Rio 2016 \u2013 e de trampolim de 1m \u2013 que n\u00e3o faz parte do programa Ol\u00edmpico.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\">The Championship also featured synchronised diving and 1m springboard events. However, the Arena European Diving Championships do not count as an official Olympic qualifier for the synchronised diving category, and the 1m springboard will not feature in the 2016 Olympic programme.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><span title=\"Mais quatro campeonatos continentais definir\u00e3o vagas para os Jogos, dentro dos mesmos crit\u00e9rios: classificam-se os pa\u00edses campe\u00f5es das duas provas individuais, por g\u00eanero.\">There are four more continental championships scheduled <span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\">\u2013<\/span> including the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto <span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\">\u2013<\/span>which will follow the same qualifying criteria as the European Championship i.e. the winning athletes of both genders in the 10m platform and the 3m springboard individual events will win Olympic places for their countries.<\/span><span title=\"As pr\u00f3ximas vagas Ol\u00edmpicas ser\u00e3o definidas no Campeonato Mundial de Esportes Aqu\u00e1ticos (em Kazan, na R\u00fassia, de 24 de julho a 9 de agosto) e na Copa do Mundo FINA (no Rio de Janeiro, entre 23 e 28 de fevereiro de 2016, como\">The International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships (in Kazan, Russia, from 24 July to 9 August) and the FINA World Cup (in Rio de Janeiro from 23-28 February 2016 \u2013 a test event for the Olympic Games) are the next qualifiers on the horizon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><span title=\"Como pa\u00eds-sede, o Brasil tem vagas garantidas nos quatro eventos sincronizados \u2013 trampolim de 3m e plataforma de 10m, masculino e feminino \u2013 ou seja, oito atletas.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\">As the host country, Brazil has guaranteed places for a total of eight athletes to compete in the four synchronized events \u2013 the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 3m springboard and 10m platform.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><strong><span title=\"Como funciona&lt;br \/&gt;\n\">How it works<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><span title=\"A estreia do esporte nos Jogos Ol\u00edmpicos foi em St. Louis 1904, mas saltos na \u00e1gua j\u00e1 eram praticados desde os s\u00e9culos XVIII e XIX, com ginastas realizando acrobacias antes de entrar em rios e piscinas da Su\u00e9cia e Alemanha.\">The sport&#8217;s debut at the Olympics was in St. Louis in 1904, but jumps into water had been practiced throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with gymnasts performing acrobatics while plunging into rivers and pools in Sweden and Germany. <\/span><span 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altas e mais baixas s\u00e3o descartadas.\">Seven judges award scores of between 0 and 10 for each dive, and the two highest and lowest scores are discarded. <\/span><span title=\"A pontua\u00e7\u00e3o restante \u00e9 somada e multiplicada em fun\u00e7\u00e3o da dificuldade do salto.\">The remaining scores are added and multiplied depending on the difficulty of the dive. <\/span><span title=\"Em eventos sincronizados, h\u00e1 11 ju\u00edzes e seis notas a serem descartadas.&lt;br \/&gt;\n\">In synchronized events, there are 11 judges and six scores to be discarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Ucr\u00e2nia e It\u00e1lia conquistaram a vaga no torneio feminino atrav\u00e9s, respectivamente, dos saltos de Iiulia Prokopchuk, na plataforma de 10m, e Tania Cagnotto, no trampolim de 3m (que acumulou sua 15\u00aa medalha de ouro no Europeu).\"><span title=\"Nos Jogos Ol\u00edmpicos Rio 2016, o torneio de saltos ornamentais acontece no Centro Aqu\u00e1tico Maria Lenk (Regi\u00e3o Barra) nos dias 7 a 10 e 12 a 20 de agosto de 2016.\">In the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the diving competitions will take place at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/en\/the-games\/competition-venues\/venues-map\" target=\"_blank\">Barra zone<\/a>) from <\/span>7-10 and 12-20 <\/span>August 2016.<\/p>\n<p><i>The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. 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