Huo, Qiu notch 2nd diving gold for China
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July 18, 2011, Monday
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China's Huo Liang clinched his third successive world title in the men's 10 meters synchronised diving yesterday, combining with new partner Qiu Bo to give the hosts their second gold medal at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai.
China won the first gold on Saturday when Wu Minxia and He Zi claimed the women's 3-meter syncho event.
Huo, who is from Shanghai, and Qiu ran away with the title on 480.03 points, Germany's Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein finished second on 443.01 and Ukraine's Oleksander Gorshkovozov and Oleksander Bondar were third on 435.36.
The 21-year-old Huo, the first man to win three world titles in the synchronised platform event, had won his previous two championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Lin Yue, and had only started training with Qiu two months ago after Lin was forced out with injury.
Despite dominating the competition, however, neither are certain they will still be together at the London Olympics next year, sidestepping questions about their future after being presented with their medals by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. "We don't know yet, that will depend on the (team) leaders' arrangements," Qiu said.
Huo said after qualifying that he had been nervous in his first competition with Qiu and that they had lacked a little in their synchronisation.
Those problems did not appear to make any difference in the final as the pair produced a series of high quality dives, while their nearest challengers, especially the American duo David Boudia and Nick McCrory, faltered as they attempted more difficult dives in the final rounds.
The Chinese pair, who had a 30-point lead heading into the final round, stamped their class on the event with their final dive, scoring 98.28 points from a twisting back, two and half somersault with two and half twists dive. "I have not worked with Qui for that long and we are both very happy to have achieved such a performance," Huo said.
Battling illness
Britain's Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield finished sixth on 407.46 points. Waterfield had been battling illness before the competition.
"This was a tough week," Daley told reporters. "The London (Olympics) are going to be incredible and this competition is very valuable to us.
"There are still a couple of things we need to work on."
China's gold haul is likely to continue since it has the leading qualifiers for the men's and women's 1-meter springboard finals. Wang Han and Shi Tingmao finished first and second in the women's 1m springboard to maintain China's 100 percent record in the championships' diving preliminaries.
"They are like the table tennis players, they don't make any mistakes," Rogge said about the Chinese divers.
Meanwhile, Russia's Natalia Ishchenko won her third successive worlds synchronized swimming solo technical gold medal yesterday. The 25-year-old claimed her 11th world title with a score of 98.30 points for her routine in Shanghai's main indoor pool.
China's Huang Xuechen, who had qualified for the final in second, was the 12th and final swimmer in the pool but was unable to overtake her Russian rival, scoring 96.50 points to claim silver. Spain's Andrea Fuentes finished third on 95.30 points.
China won the first gold on Saturday when Wu Minxia and He Zi claimed the women's 3-meter syncho event.
Huo, who is from Shanghai, and Qiu ran away with the title on 480.03 points, Germany's Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein finished second on 443.01 and Ukraine's Oleksander Gorshkovozov and Oleksander Bondar were third on 435.36.
The 21-year-old Huo, the first man to win three world titles in the synchronised platform event, had won his previous two championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Lin Yue, and had only started training with Qiu two months ago after Lin was forced out with injury.
Despite dominating the competition, however, neither are certain they will still be together at the London Olympics next year, sidestepping questions about their future after being presented with their medals by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. "We don't know yet, that will depend on the (team) leaders' arrangements," Qiu said.
Huo said after qualifying that he had been nervous in his first competition with Qiu and that they had lacked a little in their synchronisation.
Those problems did not appear to make any difference in the final as the pair produced a series of high quality dives, while their nearest challengers, especially the American duo David Boudia and Nick McCrory, faltered as they attempted more difficult dives in the final rounds.
The Chinese pair, who had a 30-point lead heading into the final round, stamped their class on the event with their final dive, scoring 98.28 points from a twisting back, two and half somersault with two and half twists dive. "I have not worked with Qui for that long and we are both very happy to have achieved such a performance," Huo said.
Battling illness
Britain's Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield finished sixth on 407.46 points. Waterfield had been battling illness before the competition.
"This was a tough week," Daley told reporters. "The London (Olympics) are going to be incredible and this competition is very valuable to us.
"There are still a couple of things we need to work on."
China's gold haul is likely to continue since it has the leading qualifiers for the men's and women's 1-meter springboard finals. Wang Han and Shi Tingmao finished first and second in the women's 1m springboard to maintain China's 100 percent record in the championships' diving preliminaries.
"They are like the table tennis players, they don't make any mistakes," Rogge said about the Chinese divers.
Meanwhile, Russia's Natalia Ishchenko won her third successive worlds synchronized swimming solo technical gold medal yesterday. The 25-year-old claimed her 11th world title with a score of 98.30 points for her routine in Shanghai's main indoor pool.
China's Huang Xuechen, who had qualified for the final in second, was the 12th and final swimmer in the pool but was unable to overtake her Russian rival, scoring 96.50 points to claim silver. Spain's Andrea Fuentes finished third on 95.30 points.
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