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“The full marks were were not given by the judges, but myself. I knew clearly which dive could be 10 or not. I never thought about the scores during the competitions.”

Qiu Bo to FINA (via chinesediving)

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Congrats to brothers He Chong and He Chao for winning the first competition where they’ve competed together at the Champions Competition this week!   (photo by Xiao Yijiu)

1.He Chong/He Chao (Guangdong)

2. Qin Kai/ Zhang Sen (Shaanxi)

3. Li Shixin/Yu Longji (Navy)

4. Luo Yutong/Lin Jin (Guangdong)

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Perfection

LIn Yue and Chen Aisen, Liu Huixia and Chen Ruolin  winning gold at the synchronized platform events in Dubai this weekend.

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Synchro award ceremonies at the Diving World Series- Beijing stop on Friday.

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Congrats to Qin Kai for winning gold today!  Photo by Fei Maohua. 

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Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia winning women’s 10m synchro at the first Diving World Series in Beijing today

Chen Ruolin’s pose in the last picture = like a boss 

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Beauty.

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Coach Zhang Ting having fun with his trainees - He Zi, Liu Jiao, Sun Zhiyi and Zhou Xin.

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Synchronization: center of mass for synchro partners Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia during the take-off.  Left is the x (left or right of the springboard when facing them), and right is the height. 

(source: Zhou Jihong’s masters thesis on synchronized diving)

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Congrats to Xing Yiying and Wang Wenna for getting 1st in synchro and Wu Shengping and Xing Yiying for getting 1st and 2nd in individual women’s 10m platform at the Asian Swimming Championships!

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Synchronization - Cao Yuan and Zhang Yuanquan

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Lin Yue and Huo Liang at the Beijing Olympics

(photo by Tim Clayton)

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More wedding shots for the beautiful Guo Jingjing and her husband Kenneth Fok.  Congrats again to them both! 

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Remember the amazing Guo Jingjing? Well, how could we forget... but she is now MARRIED :) 

Congrats, Guo Jingjing! Her marriage was officiated today in Hong Kong with former teammates Wu Minxia, Li Na and Wang Rui as bridesmaids.

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“The International Governing Body of Swimming (FINA) and event organizers of Barcelona 2013 have agreed to launch the sport of High Diving at next year’s World Championships. For the discipline, a provisional, 27 meter high diving platform will be set up a Moll de la Fausta. …. The divers ...

Wait what? 27m?

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Penguins vs. Chinese divers in a Midea ad from 2008. Featured are Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia, He Chong and Wang Feng.