Chinese Sweep Synchro Diving Events
August 13, 2008 by Sandy Mitchell
Filed under Sports Rumors
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 total of 469.08 points, a staggering 47.10 points ahead of the Silver Medal Russia team of Dmitry Sautin and Yuriy Konakov. Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov of Ukraine took the Bronze Medal.
Individual diving events begin on Saturday.
