Chen in a class of her own but Hu fails to make the grade
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August 11, 2012, Saturday
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CHINA'S Chen Ruolin was in a class of her own on Thursday, defending her women's Olympic 10m platform diving crown in dominating style to claim her second gold medal at the London Games.
The Chinese star peeled off five fantastic dives to score 422.30 points and beat her nearest rival by 55.8 points in the most convincing victory in the seven diving events so far at the Aquatics Centre.
Australia's Brittany Broben took silver with 366.50 and Pandelela Rinong claimed the bronze with 359.20 to give Malaysia a first-ever Olympic diving medal.
It was China's sixth diving gold medal in London. The only dent in China's dominance so far was Russian Ilya Zakharov's triumph in Tuesday's men's 3m springboard ahead of both Qin Kai and defending champion He Chong, which ended China's hopes of sweeping all eight golds.
"I'm feel very happy. I feel really honored that I can win one more gold for the Chinese team," Chen said. "I just hope that China can get more gold, the more the merrier."
It was 19-year-old Chen's fourth overall gold medal at the Olympics and she was in blistering form off the high tower.
Chen also became the fourth diver to win women's 10m platform at successive Olympic Games, joining Americans Dorothy Poynton-Hill and Patricia McCormick and China's Fu Mingxia.
"This proves that in the Chinese diving team, divers can win gold in consecutive Olympic Games," Chen said. "It's because I've participated in many big events and I have learnt from each competition."
Her highest score was 86.40 for two dives - an armstand back double somersault with one and a half twists and a back two and a half somersault with one and a half twists. Her other dives were scored 85.50, 84.80 and 79.20.
Chen earlier won the synchronized 10m platform with Wang Hao and said she hopes to compete at the Rio games in 2016.
China's second-ranked Hu Yadan, 16, runner-up to Chen at last year's world championships, struggled and finished in ninth place. "My coach told me 'don't be too nervous. If you want to perform your best, you must relax'", Hu said. "I thought it was all right during the warm-up before the competition but when I actually stood on the platform, I was very nervous."
The Chinese star peeled off five fantastic dives to score 422.30 points and beat her nearest rival by 55.8 points in the most convincing victory in the seven diving events so far at the Aquatics Centre.
Australia's Brittany Broben took silver with 366.50 and Pandelela Rinong claimed the bronze with 359.20 to give Malaysia a first-ever Olympic diving medal.
It was China's sixth diving gold medal in London. The only dent in China's dominance so far was Russian Ilya Zakharov's triumph in Tuesday's men's 3m springboard ahead of both Qin Kai and defending champion He Chong, which ended China's hopes of sweeping all eight golds.
"I'm feel very happy. I feel really honored that I can win one more gold for the Chinese team," Chen said. "I just hope that China can get more gold, the more the merrier."
It was 19-year-old Chen's fourth overall gold medal at the Olympics and she was in blistering form off the high tower.
Chen also became the fourth diver to win women's 10m platform at successive Olympic Games, joining Americans Dorothy Poynton-Hill and Patricia McCormick and China's Fu Mingxia.
"This proves that in the Chinese diving team, divers can win gold in consecutive Olympic Games," Chen said. "It's because I've participated in many big events and I have learnt from each competition."
Her highest score was 86.40 for two dives - an armstand back double somersault with one and a half twists and a back two and a half somersault with one and a half twists. Her other dives were scored 85.50, 84.80 and 79.20.
Chen earlier won the synchronized 10m platform with Wang Hao and said she hopes to compete at the Rio games in 2016.
China's second-ranked Hu Yadan, 16, runner-up to Chen at last year's world championships, struggled and finished in ninth place. "My coach told me 'don't be too nervous. If you want to perform your best, you must relax'", Hu said. "I thought it was all right during the warm-up before the competition but when I actually stood on the platform, I was very nervous."
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