Guo Jingjing and Li Ting (Xinhua Photo)

    ZHUHAI, South China, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers including "diving queen" Guo Jingjing breezily bagged home three gold medals here on Saturday in the second day competition at the fifth leg of FINA Diving Grand Prix.

    Olympic and world champion Guo combined Li to take the lead since their first dive and finished their excellent performances by nailing an inward two-and-a-half somersault pike, earning 78.30 points the highest score of the event on Saturday.

    After claiming the gold at 337.80 points, Guo said, "We are happy to win here. Having paired up for about a year, our synchronization is quite satisfying."

    Li grabbed a gold in the 10-metre platform synchronized event with Lao Lishi at 2004 Athens Olympics but stepped down to train on the springboard afterwards. Talking about her winning partner at last year's World Aquatic Championships, Guo said, "she made huge progress on the springboard and performed better and better."

    Katja Dieckow/Nora Subschinski from Germany was second at 288.60 points and Australian pair Sharleen Stratton/Briony Cole finished third at 283.74 points.

    In men's 3-metre springboard final, Xu Xiang and He Chong made a one-two finish for China with 492.65 and 475.55 points respectively.

    Rising star He entered the final with 507.95 points, the highest score in semi-finals. While leading the field of six finalists with only one dive to go, He unexpectedly blew his trumpcard -- a forward two-and-a-half somersault and three twist pike, earning 53.20 points and handing in the title to teammate Xu.

    "I have began to use this dive in competitions since more than one year ago and this is the worst performance I have ever made while executing it," He said.

    Alexander Dobroskok from Russia finished third with a total score of 465.60 points.

    He had won a gold in men's 3-metre springboard synchronized event on Friday, with his world champion winning partner Wang Feng.

    With only five pair of competitors in the women's 10 metre platform synchronized event, Chinese hopefuls Jia Tong/Chen Ruolin and Jiang Lishuang/Yuan Peilin were unchallenged in the total five rounds.

    Finally, Jia/Chen was atop of the podium with 338.76 points followed by Jiang/Yuan at 329.58 points. However, the second finishers had to give the silver to Hong In Sun/Choe Kum Hui from DPRK, as only one pair of the home team could be awarded points in the Grand Prix rankings. Hong In Sun/Choe Kum Hui's total score was 297.24 points.

    Canadian pair Rachel Elena Kemp/Roseline Filion finished third at 287.37 points. Enditem