The first meet of the second edition of the high-profile FINA Diving World Series launched last year started with success started during the past week-end (April 25-26) in Tijuana, Mexico. In front of an enthusiastic audience, the local Mexican divers obtained two victories: Paola Espinosa in the women’s 10m platform and Yahel Castillo in the 3m men’s springboard. In other events, Chinese athletes dominated thanks to the experienced No 1 team composed by Jingjing Guo, Minxia Wu, Feng Wang, Ruolin Chen, Kai Quin, Luxin Zhou. The last gold medal was for the Russian pair Oleg Vikulov/Konstatntin Khanbekov in the men’s 10m platform synchro.
MEN
3m springboard: 1. Yahel Castillo (MEX) 494.55; 2. Kai Qin (CHN) 479.45; 3. Jorge Betancourt (CUB) 443.05
10m platform: 1. Luxin Zhou (CHN) 530.75; 2. David Boudia (USA) 503.10; 3. Yue Lin (CHN) 501.10
3m springboard synchro: 1. Kai Qin/Feng Wang (CHN) 444.09; 2. Dmitry Sautin/Yury Kunakov (RUS) 440.07 ; 3. Yahel Castillo/Luis Huerta (MEX) 412.08
10m platform synchro: 1. Oleg Vikulov/Konstatin Khanbekov (RUS) 446.34; 2. Yue Lin/Liang Huo (CHN) 439.50; 3. Thomas Finchum/David Boudia (USA) 428.58
WOMEN
3m springboard: 1. Jingjing Guo (CHN) 368.25; 2. Minxia Wu (CHN) 364.35; 3. Kelci Bryant (USA) 333.40
10m platform: 1. Paola Espinosa (MEX) 412.55; 2. Xin Wang (CHN) 380.20; 3. Chen Ruolin (CHN) 371.60
3m springboard synchro: 1. Minxia Wu/Jingjing Guo (CHN) 342.00; 2. Anastasia Pozdnyakova/Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) 305.10; 3. Ariel Rittenhouse/Kelci Bryant (USA) 301.20
10m platform synchro: 1. Xin Wang/Ruolin Chen (CHN) 368.82; 2. Emilie Heymans/Marie-Eve Marleau (CAN) 326.88; 3. Tatiana Ortiz/Paola Espinosa (MEX) 323.76
(1st meeting in Mexico / Tijuana)
G | S | B |
Total | |
CHN |
5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
MEX |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
RUS |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
USA |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
CAN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CUB |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Following this meeting, subsequent events for the three-part series will be held in Sheffield, Great Britain (May 24-25) and Nanjing, China (May 30-31). The event will unite the best divers from around the world, who will compete on three continents for prize money worth US$480,000.