Russian spoils Chinese dominance in diving

21-year-old Russian diver Steely Zakharov took the Olympic men’s 3m springboard crown shattering China’s dream of sweeping all eight gold diving medals at stake at the London Olympics. Chinese divers had won each of the 5 of the 8 diving gold medals at stake leading up to Tuesday’s 3m springboard event.  China also failed to achieve the feat during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing when Australian Mathew Mitcham performed the dive of his life to take the gold in the 10m platform. Until today, defending Champion He Chong has been unbeaten since 2006. Leningrad’s forward four and a half somersault scored a competition high of 104.50 points for the gold, Chinese divers took silver and bronze. 

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