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TIJUANA, Mexico, April 23. TIJUANA(MEX), the last of four meets,successfully concluded the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2012 withonce again a top-level two-day competition, held from April 20-21and featuring the best divers in action. China walked away with five victories, Great Britain, Mexico andthe United States earned one title each. Canada, France, Germany,Italy, Russia and Ukraine also climbed the podium in Tijuana. Zi He (CHN) prevailed in the women's 3m springboard, winningcomfortably with 386.55 points ahead of Italy's Tania Cagnotto.Christina Loukas (USA) claimed the bronze. In the 10m platform,Paola Espinosa (MEX) tasted victory, finishing first with a totalscore of 367.40. Runner-up Meaghan Benfeito (CAN) totalled 356.40points while Nora Subschinski (GER) took third. Among men, Chinese icon Qin Kai carried the lead until a decisivewin in the 3m springboard, scoring a total 530.30. Consistentperformer Ilya Zakharov (RUS) picked up silver with 490.70 pointswhile French Matthieu Rosset completed the podium with a total472.50 points. David Boudia (USA, 543.25 points) was beaten in the10m platform final by British diving star Thomas Daley (562.85points). The third place was reserved for Sascha Klein (GER, 525.90points). The best synchro teams were Chinese pairs Kai Qin/Yutong Luo, ZiHe/Minxia Wu and Ruolin Chen/Hao Wang. The only non-Chinese victorywas that of Nicholas McCrory/David Boudia (USA) in the men's 10mplatform. Locals German Sanchez/Ivan Garcia and PaolaEspinosa/Alejandra Orozco also showed talent, taking silver in the10m platform, besting Great Britain's Peter Waterfield/Thomas Daleyand Sarah Barrow/Tonia Couch. MEDALLISTS IN TIJUANA Men's 3m springboard: 1. Qin Kai (CHN) 530.30; 2. Ilya Zakharov(RUS) 490.70; 3. Matthieu Rosset (FRA) 472.50 Men's 10m platform: 1. Thomas Daley (GBR) 562.85; 2. David Boudia(USA) 543.25; 3. Sascha Klein (GER) 525.90 Men's 3m springboard synchro: 1. Kai Qin/Yutong Luo (CHN) 454.29;2. Christopher Mears/Nicholas Robinson-Baker (GBR) 436.74; 3. IlyaKvasha/Oleksiy Prygorov (UKR) 432.81 Men's 10m platform synchro: 1. Nicholas McCrory/David Boudia (USA)453.57; 2. German Sanchez/Ivan Garcia (MEX) 451.23; 3. PeterWaterfield/Thomas Daley (GBR) 446.88 Women's 3m springboard: 1. Zi He (CHN) 386.55; 2. Tania Cagnotto(ITA) 354.65; 3. Christina Loukas (USA) 342.75 Women's 10m platform: 1. Paola Espinosa (MEX) 367.40; 2. MeaghanBenfeito (CAN) 356.40; 3. Nora Subschinski (GER) 337.10 Women's 3m springboard synchro: 1. Zi He/Minxia Wu (CHN) 339.90; 2.Christina Loukas/Kassidy Cook (USA) 313.32; 3. Katja Dieckow/UschiFreitag (GER) 309.60 Women's 10m platform synchro: 1. Ruolin Chen/Hao Wang (CHN) 350.88;2. Paola Espinosa/Alejandra Orozco (MEX) 338.37; Sarah Barrow/ToniaCouch (GBR) 317.94 The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming WorldMagazine. It has been posted in its entirety without editing.Swimming World offers all outlets the chance to reach our audienceby contacting us at Newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com. However,Swimming World reserves the right to choose what material isposted. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Christmas Scented Candles , China Flameless LED Candles for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Handmade Scented Candles.
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