PR34 - In Fort Lauderdale (USA), four countries get the gold

Australia, China, Japan and Russia obtained gold medals in the fifth meet of the 2008 FINA Diving Grand Prix, held in Fort Lauderdale (USA), from May 8-11. Chinese representatives got a tiny advantage, with three titles, while Australians and Russians conquered two victories each. Ken Terauchi, in the men’s 3m springboard, triumphed for Japan.

Individually, Yulia Pakhalina (RUS, on the women’s springboard events) and Wang Hao (CHN, on the women’s platform) were the most successful divers, with two gold medals each.

MEN
3m springboard: 1. Ken Terauchi (JPN) 486.10; 2. Troy Dumais (USA) 473.60; 3. Zhang Xinhua (CHN) 469.35
10m platform: 1. Matthew Mitcham (AUS) 534.45; 2. Matthew Helm (AUS) 502.70; 3. Sascha Klein (GER) 467.90
3m springboard synchro: 1. Yutong Luo/Zhang Xinhua (CHN) 441.39; 2. Christopher Colwill/Jevon Tarantino (USA) 416.37; 3. Anton Zakharov/Dmytro Lysenko (UKR) 409.62
10m platform synchro: 1. Matthew Helm/Robert Newbery (AUS) 443.04; 2. David Boudia/Thomas Finchum (USA) 437.52; 3. Liguang Yang/Jia Hu (CHN) 422.88

WOMEN
3m springboard: 1. Yulia Pakhalina (RUS) 357.90; 2. Zi He (CHN) 357.75; 3. Tania Cagnotto (ITA) 320.50
10m platform: 1. Wang Hao (CHN) 420.30; 2. Laura Wilkinson (USA) 360.80; 3. Tatiana Ortiz (MEX) 338.15
3m springboard synchro: 1. Yulia Pakhalina/Anastasia Pozdniakova (RUS) 316.62; 2. Zhao Qinxin/Ting Li (CHN) 313.20; 3. Sharleen Stratton/Briony Cole (AUS) 303.96
10m platform synchro: 1. Kang Li/Wang Hao (CHN) 348.36; 2. Briony Cole/Melissa Wu (AUS) 325.80; 3. Laura Wilkinson/Jessica Livingston (USA) 321.84