Huo Liang

SHANGHAI ( Reuters ) - China's Huo Liang clinched his third successive world title in the men's 10-metres synchronized platform diving on Sunday, giving the host nation their second gold medal of the world swimming championships. Huo and new partner Qiu Bo ran away with the gold medal on 480.03 points, while Germany 's Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein finished second on 443.01 points and Ukraine 's Oleksander Gorshkovozov and Oleksander Bondar were third on 435.36. The 21-year-old Huo had...Read Full Story

ROME (Reuters) - China's Olympic champions Lin Yue and Huo Liang retained their men's synchronized 10-meter platform title on Saturday to earn China their seventh diving gold at the world championships. Lin and Huo took command from the start with crisp, elegant dives and won comfortably with 482.58 points despite a relatively weak fifth-round effort. David Boudia and Thomas Finchum of the United States produced an outstanding final dive to snatch the silver medal with a score of 456.84, just...Read Full Story

Huo Liang, a Chinese athlete, has the lead in the men's 10-meter diving semifinals, putting his country six dives away from sweeping the eight Olympic diving gold medals. Huo had 549.95 points, receiving four perfect 10s during Saturday morning's semifinals. Meanwhile, Matthew Mitcham of Australia was second with 532.20 and Huo's teammate, Zhou Luxin, was third with 526.20. Moreover, Gleb Galperin of Russia was fourth. Unfortunately, American teenager David Boudia qualified fifth and his...Read Full Story

11 Aug 2008 Lin Yue and Huo Liang helped china take another diving Gold for China on 10m Synchronized Diving, with the German's Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding taking the silver medals.Read Full Story

Chinese Lin Yue and Huo Liang scored 468.18 points to win the men's 10m synchronized diving gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Monday. Germany's Patrick Hausding and Sascha Kein claimed the silver with 450.42 points and Russia's Gleb Galperom and Dmitriy Dobroskok took the bronze with 445.26. Lin Yue (L) and Huo Liang receive the gold medal. (Photo credit: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (L-R) Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein, Lin Yue (L) and Huo Liang and Dmitriy Dobroskok and Gleb Galperin...Read Full Story