http://www.olympic.org/_Templates_/Pages/Feed.aspx?newspage=31800&aggregate=true&lang=lang_en&require=googlepagetype:article.(relatedpageref:31800)&get=googlepageid&id=75434&epslanguage=enWWW.OLYMPIC.ORG - Official website of the Olympic Movement - NewsCopyright CIO. All rights reserved.enhttp://www.olympic.org/Resources/Images/layout/olympiclogo.gifhttp://www.olympic.org/_Templates_/Pages/Feed.aspx?newspage=31800&aggregate=true&lang=lang_en&require=googlepagetype:article.(relatedpageref:31800)&get=googlepageid&id=75434&epslanguage=en<p>The Chinese were odds-on to go one better than at <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/GameAdvanced.aspx?id=126789&amp;epslanguage=en">Beijing 2008</a> and replicate their perfect record from last year's World Championships. </p> <p>The sweep was on after the opening week of the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/HomePage.aspx?id=164412&amp;epslanguage=en">Olympics</a> when all four of their synchro teams stood on the top podium. </p> <p>But two of the most memorable Individual finals in Games history denied them total dominance. </p> <p>Arguably the most dramatic was in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31806&amp;epslanguage=en">men's 10m Platform</a> on the final night of competition when China's biggest star, Qiu Bo, took silver. </p> <p>Qiu had been unbeatable for the past two years and coasted to the world title 12 months ago. </p> <p>The 19-year-old maintained the trend in the opening two qualifying rounds before he came unstuck in one of the greatest <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportDiscipline.aspx?id=31800&amp;epslanguage=en">Diving</a> finals of all time. </p> <p>Great Britain's Tom Daley led deadlocked duo Qiu and the USA's David Boudia by just 0.15 points heading into the final round. </p> <p>With a 17,500-strong crowd in attendence, Daley attracted a single score of 10 for his final effort. </p> <p>The 18-year-old's degree of difficulty paled in comparison to Boudia and Qiu though, and when the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/Country.aspx?id=30787&amp;epslanguage=en">USA</a> diver produced a brilliant effort before Qiu slightly missed his a stunning upset was celebrated. </p> <p>Boudia, who edged into the semi-final in 18th, was left amazed while Qiu stood shattered as his quest for a first Olympic gold was ended. </p> <p>'It still hasn't sunk in that I had a gold medal, that I was standing on the podium and the anthem was playing,' said Boudia. </p> <p>'Diving is extremely competitive and the rest of the world is catching up but they've stamped their feet on the sport, <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/Country.aspx?id=30782&amp;epslanguage=en">China</a>.' </p> <p>Four days earlier, Russia's Ilya Zakharov sprung another major surprise in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31807&amp;epslanguage=en">men's 3m Springboard</a>. </p> <p>Zakharov scored an astonishing total of 555.90 points to get the better of China's Qin Kai and world champion He Chong. </p> <p>'I just can't believe it as of now. I have done it finally,' he said. </p> <p>China's Wu Minxia equalled the record of six Olympic Diving medals. She completed a hat-trick of <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31815&amp;epslanguage=en">Synchro 3m Springboard</a> Olympic titles alongside He Zi before announcing her intention to retire after winning gold in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31813&amp;epslanguage=en">individual 3m Springboard</a> to equal the record. </p> <p>On the women's Platform, Chen Ruolin defended both her titles winning the individual and synchro alongside Wang Hao. </p> <p>The Chinese men's synchro teams were also dominant, with Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan defying their youth to win the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31808&amp;epslanguage=en">Platform</a> while Luo Yutong and Qin won the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31809&amp;epslanguage=en">Springboard</a>. </p>8/12/2012 12:00:00 AMhttp://www.olympic.org/diving?articleId=174670<p>The Chinese were odds-on to go one better than at <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/GameAdvanced.aspx?id=126789&amp;epslanguage=en">Beijing 2008</a> and replicate their perfect record from last year's World Championships. </p> <p>The sweep was on after the opening week of the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/HomePage.aspx?id=164412&amp;epslanguage=en">Olympics</a> when all four of their synchro teams stood on the top podium. </p> <p>But two of the most memorable Individual finals in Games history denied them total dominance. </p> <p>Arguably the most dramatic was in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31806&amp;epslanguage=en">men's 10m Platform</a> on the final night of competition when China's biggest star, Qiu Bo, took silver. </p> <p>Qiu had been unbeatable for the past two years and coasted to the world title 12 months ago. </p> <p>The 19-year-old maintained the trend in the opening two qualifying rounds before he came unstuck in one of the greatest <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportDiscipline.aspx?id=31800&amp;epslanguage=en">Diving</a> finals of all time. </p> <p>Great Britain's Tom Daley led deadlocked duo Qiu and the USA's David Boudia by just 0.15 points heading into the final round. </p> <p>With a 17,500-strong crowd in attendence, Daley attracted a single score of 10 for his final effort. </p> <p>The 18-year-old's degree of difficulty paled in comparison to Boudia and Qiu though, and when the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/Country.aspx?id=30787&amp;epslanguage=en">USA</a> diver produced a brilliant effort before Qiu slightly missed his a stunning upset was celebrated. </p> <p>Boudia, who edged into the semi-final in 18th, was left amazed while Qiu stood shattered as his quest for a first Olympic gold was ended. </p> <p>'It still hasn't sunk in that I had a gold medal, that I was standing on the podium and the anthem was playing,' said Boudia. </p> <p>'Diving is extremely competitive and the rest of the world is catching up but they've stamped their feet on the sport, <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/Country.aspx?id=30782&amp;epslanguage=en">China</a>.' </p> <p>Four days earlier, Russia's Ilya Zakharov sprung another major surprise in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31807&amp;epslanguage=en">men's 3m Springboard</a>. </p> <p>Zakharov scored an astonishing total of 555.90 points to get the better of China's Qin Kai and world champion He Chong. </p> <p>'I just can't believe it as of now. I have done it finally,' he said. </p> <p>China's Wu Minxia equalled the record of six Olympic Diving medals. She completed a hat-trick of <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31815&amp;epslanguage=en">Synchro 3m Springboard</a> Olympic titles alongside He Zi before announcing her intention to retire after winning gold in the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31813&amp;epslanguage=en">individual 3m Springboard</a> to equal the record. </p> <p>On the women's Platform, Chen Ruolin defended both her titles winning the individual and synchro alongside Wang Hao. </p> <p>The Chinese men's synchro teams were also dominant, with Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan defying their youth to win the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31808&amp;epslanguage=en">Platform</a> while Luo Yutong and Qin won the <a href="/_Templates_/Pages/SPORTS/SportEvent.aspx?id=31809&amp;epslanguage=en">Springboard</a>. </p>8/12/2012 12:00:00 AMhttp://www.olympic.org/diving?articleId=174670Great Britain's Tom Daley led by 0.15 points from world champion Qiu Bo and Boudia heading into the final dive. <p>But while Daley won a single score of 10 for his final back dive, it was lower on difficulty than his rivals to allow Boudia to clinch victory. </p> <p>Qiu finished with the silver, while Daley walked away with the bronze.</p>8/11/2012 12:00:00 AMhttp://www.olympic.org/diving?articleId=172345Great Britain's Tom Daley led by 0.15 points from world champion Qiu Bo and Boudia heading into the final dive. <p>But while Daley won a single score of 10 for his final back dive, it was lower on difficulty than his rivals to allow Boudia to clinch victory. </p> <p>Qiu finished with the silver, while Daley walked away with the bronze.</p>8/11/2012 12:00:00 AMhttp://www.olympic.org/diving?articleId=172345