Diving gold medal brings China's total to four
Sunday, 10th August 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
China's "diving queen" Guo Jingjing ( 郭晶晶) and her partner Wu Minxia (吴敏霞) won gold in the women's 3-meter synchronized springboard event. It was the fourth gold for China in these games, and the fourth career gold for Guo, who is China's third highest earning athlete.Guo and Wu dominated the competition, taking a nearly insurmountable 17-point lead into the fifth and final round of dives. The pair finished with a score of 343.5. Runners up Russia totaled 323.61, and Germany landed bronze with a strong finish and an overall score of 318.9.
Here's a recap of their 2004 gold medal run (from Beijing TV, commentary in Chinese):
Guo and Wu are expected to go head-to-head in the springboard individual final next Sunday, August 17 at 8:30 p.m.
Tags: Beijing Olympics, diving, gold medal, Guo Jingjing, Olympics, synchronized, Wu Minxia
Guo Jingjing Wins Two Golds at Sheffield
Friday, 30th May 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Sheffield, England—Any chance at truth in the rumors that Guo Jingjing is pregnant and leaving the national team were laid to rest as she joined the team at the FINA Diving World Series in Sheffield, England, and took the gold medal in the 3-meter springboard competition.Guo also won the 3-meter synchro gold with her teammate Wu Minxia. The men took three of the four gold medals on offer, winning the 3-meter springboard synchro (Wang Feng and Qin Kai)10-meter platform (Huo Liang) and 3-meter springboard (He Chong). The only event where no Chinese diver won a medal was the women's 10-meter synchro.
Tags: diving, Guo Jingjing, He Chong, Huo Liang, Qin Kai, Wang Feng, Wu Minxia