Related News
Chinese divers finish 1-2 in women's springboard preliminary
Source: Xinhua |
August 4, 2012, Saturday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
China's Olympic champion Wu Minxia ruled the women's 3m springboard preliminary to be the top qualifier at the London Olympics yesterday, moving closer to equalling Guo Jingjing's record of six Olympic diving medals.
Wu and her compatriot He Zi, who were newly crowned in synchro event in London, completed a 1-2 finish in the preliminary.
Wu, five-time Olympic medalist, picked the highest score from the preliminary, 84 points for her last dive - a difficult back two-and-a-half somersault in pike position, leading the field with an overall 387.95 points.
He totaled 363.85 points.
Italy's Tania Cagnotto, competing in her fourth Olympic Games, 40 years after her father and coach Giorgio Cagnotto competed in his first, got a third place.
Other leading semifinalists include Canadia's Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans, bronze medalists of the springboard synchro event in London, and Australian Sharleen Stratton, bronze medalist of the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
Heymans, bronze medalist in the synchro event, has become the first woman diver to have reached the podium at four consecutive Games.
At the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, Wu and He clinched gold and silver in the individual springboard event. They are likely to repeat a 1-2 finish in Sunday's springboard final.
Wu has won two gold medals, one silver and bronze each, in Beijing and Athens.
The top 18 finishers in the 30-woman field advanced to today's semifinals, and the top 12 finishers at the semifinals will qualify for the final.
Wu and her compatriot He Zi, who were newly crowned in synchro event in London, completed a 1-2 finish in the preliminary.
Wu, five-time Olympic medalist, picked the highest score from the preliminary, 84 points for her last dive - a difficult back two-and-a-half somersault in pike position, leading the field with an overall 387.95 points.
He totaled 363.85 points.
Italy's Tania Cagnotto, competing in her fourth Olympic Games, 40 years after her father and coach Giorgio Cagnotto competed in his first, got a third place.
Other leading semifinalists include Canadia's Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans, bronze medalists of the springboard synchro event in London, and Australian Sharleen Stratton, bronze medalist of the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
Heymans, bronze medalist in the synchro event, has become the first woman diver to have reached the podium at four consecutive Games.
At the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, Wu and He clinched gold and silver in the individual springboard event. They are likely to repeat a 1-2 finish in Sunday's springboard final.
Wu has won two gold medals, one silver and bronze each, in Beijing and Athens.
The top 18 finishers in the 30-woman field advanced to today's semifinals, and the top 12 finishers at the semifinals will qualify for the final.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
