DIVING: Second straight sweep for China in Beijing World Series at the Water Cube

Chinese diving star Yuan Cao

Ten up and ten golds, two weeks in a row. That’s the story of the first two meets in the FINA Diving World Series, both swept by Chinese divers.

This week’s competition was in Beijing (CHN) at the famed Water Cube, home of the 2008 Olympic Games. Some of China’s medalists from the 2016 Games continued their winning ways, including Yuan Cao with a gold in the 3 m Springboard, and silver medals for 2016 champs Aisen Chen (men’s 10 m Platform) and Tingmao Shi (women’s 3 m Springboard).

None of the events were close and the Chinese went 1-2 in all four individual events. This is the seventh time in the last nine years that China has swept all of the events at the Beijing stop of the World Series (it won nine of 10 in the other two!).

Prize money was $5,000-4,000-3,000 for the top three finishers. Summaries:

FINA Diving World Series
Beijing (CHN) ~ 7-9 March 2019
(Full results here)

Men

3 m Springboard: 1. Yuan Cao (CHN), 541.95; 2. Siyi Xie (CHN), 527.90; 3. Jack Laugher (GBR), 457.55.

3 m Synchro: 1. Yuan Cao/Siyi Xie (CHN), 469.08; 2. Jahir Ocampo Marroquin/Rommel Pacheco (MEX), 413.61; 3. Philippe Gagne/Francois Imbeau-Dulac (CAN), 399.48. Also: 6. Tyler Downs/Mark Anderson (USA), 350.85.

10 m Platform: 1. Jian Yang (CHN), 573.60; 2. Aisen Chen (CHN), 527.65; 3. Aleksandr Bondar (RUS), 509.95.

10 m Synchro: 1. Aisen Chen/Yuan Cao (CHN), 494.55; 2. Aleksandr Bondar/Victor Minibaev (RUS), 425.67; 3. Domonic Bedggood/Declan Stacey (AUS), 411.00. Also: 7. Tyler Downs/Jordan Rzepka (USA), 376.44.

Women

3 m Springboard: 1. Han Wang (CHN), 377.40; 2. Tingmao Shi (CHN), 367.00; 3. Jennifer Abel (CAN), 332.70.

3 m Synchro: 1. Han Wang/Tingmao Shi (CHN), 339.30; 2. Annabelle Smith/Maddison Keeney (AUS), 300.93; 3. Grace Reid/Katherine Torrance (GBR), 292.47. Also: 7. Maria Coburn/Krysta Palmer (USA), 252.45.

10 m Platform: 1. Jiaqi Zhang (CHN), 400.05; 2. Qian Ren (CHN), 371.20; 3. Meaghan Benfeito (CAN), 336.40.

10 m Synchro: 1. Wei Lu/Jiaqi Zhang (CHN), 354.06; 2. A Rim Kim/Mi-Rae Kim (PRK), 325.80; 3. Meaghan Benfeito/Caeli McKay (CAN), 313.14. Also: 5. Tarrin Gilliland/Katrina Young (USA), 291.72.

Mixed

3 m Synchro: 1. Hao Yang/Yani Chang (CHN), 315.21; 2. Francois Imbeau-Dulac/Jennifer Abel (CAN), 304.08; 3. Grace Reid/Tom Daley (GBR), 294.39.

10 m Synchro: 1. Yajie Si/Junjie Lian (CHN), 346.38; 2. Nikita Shleikher/Iuliia Timoshinina (RUS), 301.26; 3. Meagen Benfeito/Nathan Zsombor-Murray (CAN), 300.96. Also: 6. Tyler Downs/Katrina Young (USA), 280.47.