{"id":31614,"date":"2012-08-06T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T22:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2012\/08\/2012-london-olympics-diving-russias-ilya-zakharov-with-potential-upset-bid-leads-mens-three-meter-prelims\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T02:07:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T09:07:09","slug":"2012-london-olympics-diving-russias-ilya-zakharov-with-potential-upset-bid-leads-mens-three-meter-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2012-london-olympics-diving-russias-ilya-zakharov-with-potential-upset-bid-leads-mens-three-meter-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 London Olympics, Diving: Russia&#8217;s Ilya Zakharov With Potential Upset Bid, Leads Men&#8217;s Three-Meter Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>Full wall-to-wall coverage, including photo galleries, athlete interviews, recaps and columns are available at the <b><a href=http:\/\/tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/events\/2012-olympic-games target=_blank>Event Landing Page<\/a><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>LONDON, England, August 6. FOR the first time at the 2012 London Olympics, China&#039;s dominance in diving has been thrown off course.  Russia&#039;s Ilya Zakharov earned the top seed in the semifinal round of the men&#039;s three-meter springboard event, edging defending Olympic champion He Chong of China.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharov, who already won silver in the men&#039;s three-meter synchronized event, led after prelims with 507.65 points.  He, meanwhile, qualified second with 500.90 points. The finish raised the first potential upset of a Chinese diving sweep, as China had previously dominated every round of diving this week.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary round featured some intensely dramatic moments, including Qin Kai completely missing his penultimate dive, scoring just 39.90, but still managing to qualify 11th with 451.60 points.  Two failed dives also occurred during prelims, with Germany&#039;s Stephen Feck withdrawing from prelims after nearly fainting during his second dive. 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