With his mum and his partner by his side, openly-gay men’s 10m platform diving champion, Matt Mitcham from Australia discusses his surprising come-from-behind victory over the Chinese on Saturday. Was Mitcham’s story edited by the NBC censors as some have accused or was there just too much going on at the end of the Games […]
It looked like the Chinese were going to go eight for eight Gold Medals in the Olympic diving competitions…at least until the last of five dives in the mens 10m platform event. China’s Zhou Luxin was leading by 30 points going in to the last round. However, Luxin buckled a little to the enormous […]
China’s Chen Ruolin, just 15-years-old, gave her country its seventh diving Gold Medal of the Olympic Games…but it was close. Canada’s Emilie Heymans led the 10m platform competition going into the final of five dives. However, Chen earned four perfect 10s for her final dive, pushing her ahead of the Canadian. Chen’s countryman, Wang Xin […]
China continued their diving dominance at the Water Cube yesterday in the men’s 3m springboard competition. China’s He Chong earned the Gold Medal, besting the field by 36.25 points. Canada’s Alexandre Despatie took the Silver Medal and Qin Kai of China earned the Bronze. Russia’s Dmitry Sautin, 34, competing in his fifth Olympics finished fourth […]
China took their fourth Gold Medal in synchronized diving in four days on Wednesday to sweep the synchronized diving events…to no one’s surprise. The Chinese have dominated this elegant sport since it became an Olympic sport in 2000 at the Sydney Games.
China’s Wang Feng and Qin Kai won the men’s 3m springboard event with a […]
By Guest Blogger Bo Durkop
You’re never too young to take a dive. Just take note of 14 year old British sensation Tom Daley, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Daley is representing Great Britian in the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform Diving competition. At 5′1″, weighing just over 100 pounds, Daley is the youngest member on […]
The Chinese diving team continued to showcase their mastery of synchronized diving today at the Water Cube, with Wang Xin and Chen Riuolin winning the Gold Medal in the women’s 10m synchronized platform event. The teenagers–Wang is 16 and Chen is 15–led throughout the competition, earning 363.54 total points and one perfect 10.
Briony Cole and […]
The Chinese men earned the Gold Medal in platform synchronized diving on Monday, following the lead of the Chinese women, who earned Gold in the sport on Sunday. Chinese divers, Liu Yue and Huo Liang won with a total point score of 468.18. They wowed spectators by earning a perfect 10 for synchronization for […]
Defending Gold Medalists, Quo Jingjing and Wu Minxia of China led throughout the 3m springboard synchronized diving event on Sunday, capturing the Gold Medal with a score of 343.50. The Silver Medal went to Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia and the Bronze Medal was awarded to Ditte Kotzian and Heike Fischer of Germany. […]
Athletes gathered at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China to train for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Can you imagine the excitement they must be feeling at this point? I’m sure they are all taking it really seriously but I don’t know if I could resist letting out a big whoop and holler […]
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