Olympic Diving is contested by both me and women, individually, or in pairs. Each country can enter up to two qualified divers in each event, and up to one team in each synchronized event.
Canada took two of three golds on the first day of the diving finals on Sunday, with Alexandre Despatie winning his third straight title to become the country's most decorated Commonwealth athlete. Despatie made it three wins in a row in the men's 1m springboard to take his gold medal haul to seven, surpassing the six won by Canada's rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando and swimmer Graham Smith . Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans earlier took the women's 3m synchro while Australia 's Melissa Wu...Read Full Story
Alexandre Despatie on Tuesday won his ninth Commonwealth Games diving gold after he and fellow Canadian Reuben Ross won the men's 3m springboard synchro title. Despatie and Ross had been trailing Australia 's Matthew Mitcham and Ethan Warren going into the final dive but pulled off a stunning inward 3.5 somersault to take the title. Their score of 430.35 was enough to beat Mitcham and Warren, who had to settle for silver with Malaysia 's Bryan Lomas and Ken Nee Yeoh in bronze position...Read Full Story
Veteran Julia Pakhalina led from start to finish to earn gold in the women's 1m springboard event at the World Championships here on Sunday. It was the Russian's third world title and came 11 years after winning a 3m springboard and 3m synchronised springboard double in Perth in 1998. It also completed a clean sweep of world medals in this event having won bronze two years ago in Melbourne and silver in 2003 in Barcelona. She finished with 325.05 points, ahead of Chinese pair Wu Minxia (311...Read Full Story
Julia Pakhalina of Russia won the gold medal in women's 1-meter springboard diving at the world championships Sunday, her first title at a worlds or Olympics in nine years. Pakhalina led from start to finish and totaled 325.05 points through the five-dive final. Wu Minxia of China took the silver medal with 311.90 points and Wang Han of China was third with 303.95. Olympic champions Chen Roulin and Wang Xin of China have won the gold medal in 10-meter synchronized diving at the world...Read Full Story
BEIJING (AP) - Guo Jingjing can't retire soon enough for the rest of the world. Hailed
as a superstar in her home country, Guo won the 3m springboard title at
the Olympics, becoming the most decorated female diver with her sixth
career medal. Guo totaled 415.35 points Sunday night to defend
her title from four years ago in Athens and make China 5-for-5 in
diving at these Games. Guo and partner Wu Minxia teamed to win the women's 3m synchronized title last weekend. Having another gold medal...Read Full Story
Diving Australia said the centre was a "world-class venue". Leeds will also host Russia's diving team, China's full Olympic squad, Dutch swimmers and athletes from the USA, Serbia and Canada. Diving Australia's announcement was timed to coincide with ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Thomas Finchum released a single with his band, Northern Nights. David Boudia focused on schoolwork at Purdue University. Both men say their activities outside diving have helped them better focus on their sport as they aim ...
Diving is in Anna Lindberg's blood. Her parents, Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg are both former Swedish divers and her mother has one Olympic gold. If that's not pressure, what is? But, the 26-year-old Swedish diver is not new to success. She won the 2006 European Championships in Aquatics in the 1 meter and 3 meter Springboard events.
Lindberg has also competed in three summer Olympic games, in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Her best result in all three games was only a fifth place finish in the 3 meter springboard in 2000, but maybe this year she'll have more luck. Follow Lindberg as she fights for gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic games .
Olympic Diving Team this June. And these nine judges will do the choosing. The judges were chosen by vote from two groups. The first group consisted of coaches, all of whom have ...
WU AND COLE A CLASS ACT AT OLYMPIC DIVING TRIALS Hanson Sports Media, Friday, 11 April 2008. HOBART, April 11: The schoolgirl and the schoolteacher topped the class in Hobart today ...
HEFEI, Central China, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay extended its journey in Hefei, capital city of Anhui Province, with Olympic diving champion Li Na running the first legon Wednesday. Th