Chen Ruolin repeats winning feat in Shenzhen diving meet
www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-14 07:58:15   Print

    SHENZHEN, South China, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Like a replay of the Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Ruolin came back from behind in the last round one more time to snatch the women's 10-meter platform title at the 15th FINA Diving Grand Prix here on Friday.

    The 16-year-old Chen led through the preliminaries and semifinals, but placed second behind fellow Kang Li for four points in the final after fourth dives.

    In her fifth and last dive, Chen scored 86.70 points to win the gold medal in 418.20 while Kang had to concede for a silver in 415.25.

    Two Malaysians, Pandelela Rinong and Traisy Vivian came to third and fourth while Tam Lok Man from Hong Kong, China placed fifth.

    During the Beijing Olympic Games last year, Chen also shocked her rivals by winning the platform champion with a 100.30 game-high score for her last dive, though she was behind Canadian veteran Emilie Heymans after the fourth round.

    China had lost the women's platform golds since 2000 Sydney Olmpic Games.

    Since the Shenzhen Grand Prix is the first international event in 2009, Chen admitted: "I didn't perform my best in the final. I guess I'm a little bit tired today because I have competed in preliminary, semi and final within one day. "

    "It's my first international meet since the Beijing Olympic Games. I need to forget the fame and start from zero, " Chen said.

    Chen will compete in platform synchro on Feb. 14, together with her new partner Kang Li because her Olympic champion partner Wang Xin had an eye operation last year.

    The three-day Shenzhen Grand Prix will end on Feb. 15.

Editor: Bi Mingxin
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