LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 24. CHINA completed a sweep, pocketing the eight gold\u00a0medals on offer at the second meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014, taking place in Rostock
\n(GER) from February 21-23. Other nations climbing the podium in Rostock were Germany,\u00a0France, Australia, Ukraine, Mexico and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s competition, China\u2019s Shixin Li won again the 3m springboard while Matthieu Rosset\u00a0from France took the silver, a nice surprise given his previous classifications at world level. Local
\nfavourite and multi-World medallist Sascha Klein claimed the bronze. In the 10m platform, Jian\u00a0Yang (CHN) shared the podium with teammate Liang Huo (second) and Ukrainian Oleksandr
\nBondar (third). In the synchro events, the Chinese pairs of Zhiyi Sun\/Shixin Li (3m springboard)\u00a0and Aisen Chen\/Jian Yang (platform) dominated the operations. On the lower board, silver went
\nto local heroes Stephan Feck\/Patrick Hausding while the bronze that day was reserved for\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s Ilya Kvasha\/Oleksandr Gorshkovozov. In the platform, Patrick Hausding picked up silver
\nagain (pairing with Sascha Klein) while the Mexican pair of Diego Balleza\/Jonathan Ruvalcaba\u00a0completed the podium.<\/p>\n
Among women, China had strong assets with Lin Qu taking out the 3m springboard, individual\u00a0and synchro (with Qulin Zheng). Dutch Uschi Freitag secured the bronze behind Qu and
\nteammate Chunting Wu, before improving to a silver-medal finish in the synchro event (with Inge\u00a0Jansen). In the platform, Jian Yang (CHN) was untouchable, besting teammate Jie Lian (second)
\nand Yulia Prokopchuk from Ukraine (third). In the synchro same event, China\u2019s pair Qian\u00a0Ren\/Siyu Ji easily won the event, ahead of Australians Rachel Bugg\/Melissa Wu (second) and
\nlocals Kieu Duong\/ Kristin Syrbe (third).<\/p>\n
MEDALLISTS IN ROSTOCK (GER)
\nMen
\n3m springboard: 1. Shixin Li (CHN) 518.65; 2. Matthieu Rosset (FRA) 479.50; 3. Sascha Klein
\n(GER) 478.25
\n10m platform: 1. Jian Yang (CHN) 586.05; 2. Liang Huo (CHN) 529.70; 3. Oleksandr Bondar
\n(UKR) 486.50
\n3m springboard synchro: 1. Zhiyi Sun\/Shixin Li (CHN) 441.39; 2. Stephan Feck\/Patrick Hausding
\n(GER) 419.40; 3. Olexandr Gorshkovozov\/Ilya Kvasha (UKR) 391.41
\n10m platform synchro: 1. Aisen Chen\/Jian Yang (CHN) 470.79; 2. Patrick Hausding\/Sascha Klein
\n(GER) 442.74; 3. Diego Balleza\/Jonathan Ruvalcaba (MEX) 402.03<\/p>\n
Women
\n3m springboard: 1. Lin Qu (CHN) 345.75; 2. Chunting Wu (CHN) 332.45; 3. Uschi Freitag (NED)
\n303.60
\n10m platform: 1. Qian Ren (CHN) 353.40; 2. Jie Lian (CHN) 344.25; 3. Yulia Prokopchuk (UKR)
\n325.55
\n3m springboard synchro: 1. Lin Qu\/Qulin Zheng (CHN) 309.60; 2. Uschi Freitag\/Inge Jansen
\n(NED) 280.80; 3. Victoriya Kesar\/Anastasiya Nedobiga (UKR) 278.31
\n10m platform synchro: 1. Qian Ren\/Siyu Ji (CHN) 340.86; 2. Melissa Wu\/Rachel Bugg (AUS)
\n297.84; 3. Kieu Duong\/Kristin Syrbe (GER) 287.85<\/p>\n
Full FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014 calendar:<\/p>\n
No1 in Madrid (ESP) from February 14-16
\nNo2 in Rostock (GER) from February 21-23
\nNo3 in Gatineau (CAN) from May 1-4
\nNo4 in San Juan (PUR) from May 8-11
\nNo5 in Guanajuato (MEX) from May 16-18
\nNo6 in Bolzano (ITA) from August 1-3
\nNo7 in Singapore (SIN) from October 17-19
\nNo8 in Kuala Lumpur (MAS) from October 24-26<\/p>\n
The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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