At home, in Moscow, between April 10 and April 13, men Russian divers obtained three victories out of the four events of the third leg of the 2008 FINA Diving Grand Prix thanks to traditional and famous names: Dmitry Sautin, Gleb Galperin, Dmitry Dobroskok and .Yuryi Kunakov.
In the women’s events, once more Chinese dominated with a Great Slam thank a young team composed by Dong Jun, Cao Jingzhen. Lin Na and Chen Ni.
The remaining medallists came from Germany and Ukraine.
The next meet of the Grand Prix will be held in Montreal (CAN), on May 1-4.
MEDALLISTS in Moscow:
MEN
3m springboard: 1. Li Shixin (CHN) 476.30; 2. Tobias Shellenberg (GER) 441.90; 3. Alexander Dobroskok (RUS) 439.30
10m platform: 1. Gleb Galperin (RUS) 523.25; 2. Li Junbai (CHN) 510.10; 3. Victor Minibaev (RUS) 488.75
3m springboard synchro: 1. Dmitry Sautin/Yuriy Kunakov (RUS) 434.70; 2. Li Shixin/Lin Jin (CHN) 419.94; 3. Illya Kvasha Oleskiy Prygorov (UKR) 390.09
10m platform synchro: 1. Dmitry Dobroskok/Gleb Galperin (RUS) 463.86; 2. Ying Hong/Li Junbai (CHN) 461.07; 3. Victor Minibaev/Semen Kokunov (RUS) 444.03
WOMEN
3m springboard: 1. Dong Jun (CHN) 347.40; 2. Qu Lin (CHN) 327.65; 3. Katja Dieckow (GER) 313.80
10m platform: 1. Cao Jingzhen (CHN) 346.90; 2. Tatiana Perunina (RUS) 327.60; 3. Olga Vintonyak (RUS) 326.65
3m springboard synchro: 1. Dong Jun/Lin Na (CHN) 310.20; 2. Katja Dieckow/Nora Subschinski (GER) 303.00; 3. Mary Yarrison/Abi Johnston (USA) 296.70
10m platform synchro: 1. Chen Ni/Cao Jingzhen (CHN) 339.54; 2. Natalia Goncharova/Yulia Koltunova (RUS) 321.18 ; 3. Meaghan Benfeito /Roseline Filion (CAN) 305.37
2008 Calendar
• January 18-20 Madrid (ESP)
• Feb. 29 – March 2 Shenzhen (CHN)
• April 10-13 Moscow (RUS)Next:
• May 1-4 Montreal (CAN)
• May 8-11 Ft. Lauderdale (USA)
• June 6-8 Rostock (GER)
• June 13-15 Rome (ITA)