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UPDATED: August-13-2008  
Qin/Wang of China Win Men's 3m Springboard Synchronized Diving
 
 

The pair during the competition

Defending world champions Qin Kai and Wang Feng gave the fourth Olympic diving title for the Chinese delegation when they twirled to a comprehensive victory in the men's 3m springboard synchronized final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.

With their clean victory, China has swept all of the four gold in synchronized diving events at the ongoing Games. So far, the host has won 26 Olympic titles out of 40 in the last 24 years since the incumbent Chinese team manager Zhou Jihong gained the country's first diving gold in women's 10m platform at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

The Chinese duo, winner of the 2008 Beijing World Cup and the 2007 World Championships, led all the way in the final and amassed 469.08 points, nearly 50 points over their closest rivals Russian Dmitry Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov. The bronze went to Ukrainian pair Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov at 415.05.

World platform champion Alexandre Despatie of Canada and his 37-year-old partner Arturo Miranda, finished outside the medals in fifth for his third straight Olympics.

(L-R) Silver medallists Dmitry Sautin/Yuriy Kunakov of Russia, gold medallists Qin Kai/Wang Feng of China, and bronze medallists Illya Kvasha/Oleksiy Prygorov of Ukraine at the award ceremony

(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2008)


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