Olympic Diving

The Diving competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will take place from August 10 to August 23 at the Beijing National Aquatic Center.

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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.

Men & Women's Events
3m Springboard Synchronized
10m Platform Synchronized
3m Springboard
10m Platform

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Russian veteran Pakhalina cruises to 1m world title

From: www.afp.com

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 (311.90) and Wang Han (303.95) in second and third. The final was almost a non event with Pakhalina ... Read Full Story

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Russia's Pakhalina wins 1-meter springboard diving

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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 championships. Chen and Wang compiled 369.18 points Sunday. Mary Beth Dunnichay and Haley Ishimatsu of the United States took the ... Read Full Story

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China's Guo and Wu retain world title

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ROME (Reuters) - China's Olympic champions Guo Jinjing and Wu Minxia led from start to finish to retain their women's synchronized three-meter springboard title at the world championships on Friday. Guo and Wu produced a polished performance to pile up 348.00 points from their five dives. Italy's Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallape delighted the home crowd by taking a surprise silver medal with a score of 329.70. The Russian pair of Julia Pakhalina, who won the one-meter springboard gold on Sunday, and Anastasia Pozdniakova recovered from a botched fourth dive to claim bronze. Guo, who has won more Olympic golds than any other female ... Read Full Story

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'Diving Princess' Guo flies into 3m springboard final

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Chinese diving legend Guo Jingjing cruised into the final of the women's 3m springboard event by posting easily the best score in Monday's afternoon semi-final, just as she had done in the morning preliminaries. However, her score of 368.10 was not as good as her morning mark of 377.55, but it was still good enough to finish well clear of the field. Canada's Jennifer Abel finished a surprise second with 251.65, just ahead of China's He Zi, with 351.45, who had been well ahead of the rest in second in the preliminaries. There was no joy for new 10m platform world champion Paula Espinosa ... Read Full Story

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China's Qin takes one-meter springboard gold in Rome

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ROME (Reuters) - Qin Kai won the men's one-meter springboard event as China took the first gold medal at the world aquatics championships which began Friday. Qin, who won gold in the synchronized three meters competition at the Olympics in Beijing last year with partner Wang Feng and bronze in the individual event, triumphed with a score of 449.00 after leading the field for most of the final. His compatriot Zhang Xinhua was second with 445.90 after pushing Australian Olympic 10m platform champion Matthew Mitcham down to third with his two excellent final dives. Britain's Peter Waterfield was fourth. The world aquatics championships run ... Read Full Story

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Anna Lindberg

Age: 26
Hometown: Kariskoga, Sweden

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 .

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