Chinese diver Yang Jian competes during the men's 10-meter platform final at the first leg of the FINA World Series in Beijing on Sunday. Yang won gold in the event with a total of 587.40 points. Chinese divers won all 10 golds in the three-day series. Photo: Cui MengGT China's Yang Jian closed out the first leg of the FINA World Series on Sunday in Beijing with a sensational 123.00 points in the final round of the men's 10-meter platform final en route to a win.
Yang Wholesale Raiders Hats , whose last dive - a forward 4 and 12 somersault pike - had a 4.1 -degree of difficulty and earned him a perfect 10 from five of the seven judges, totaled 587.40 points for the win.
The star-studded men's 10-meter platform competition also featured 2012 London Olympic gold medalist David Boudia of the US, who took second place, 52.70 points behind winner Yang. Sascha Klein of Germany rounded out the winner's podium, trailing Boudia with 12.30 points.
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Chinese diver Qiu Bo, the 2013 World Championship winner, failed to recover from a third-dive blunder which only brought him 42.00 points. Qiu ended up in fourth place, while British star Thomas Daley failed to qualify for the final.
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Team director Zhou Jihong said it will still take time to popularize the mixed events.
"The time has been very limited since FINA decided to introduce the mixed synchro in December," Zhou told the Global Times in an interview. "Divers need more time to pair up with their partner."
FINA will hold its biennial World Championships in July in the Russian city of Kazan, where Zhou believed there will be more athletes competing in the mixed events, while there were only -seven pairs in Beijing.
She said Chinese divers should focus on building the proper mentality at the Championships if they want to perform well at the next Olympic Games.
FINA has taken a bold step forward at the Championships with its decision to hold swimming and synchronized swimming competitions in a soccer stadium. The home field of the Russian Football Premier League side Kazan -Rubin will serve as the main venue for the Championships.
FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu thinks it's still early to call an end to FINA's changes to the sport.
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"It's important to attract more people; we may add more events in the future."
COLOMBO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Over 1 million tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first six months of 2017, with China and India being the leading markets, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Bureau showed on Thursday.
This June recorded a 4.5 percent growth with the arrival of 123,351 tourists compared to the same period last year Cheap Oakland Raiders Hats , while 1,010,444 tourists arrived from January to June, statistics revealed.
India recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals with 27,836 followed by China with 17 Cheap Oakland Raiders Hoodies ,205.
Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said last week that Sri Lanka was depending on the Chinese market to boost its tourist arrivals and the country was encouraging more Chinese to visit the island country.
Amaratunga added the industry was confident to achieve 2.5 million tourists this year and preparations had been put in place to welcome an influx of tourists from September.
Tourism has become the second highest earner of foreign exchange. Last year, over 2 million tourists arrived in Sri Lanka.
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