China's magnificent 8 out of 8

A magnificent 8/8. This was the balance sheet statement of the Chinese dominated diving events at the ninth Asian Swimming Championships which concluded on Sunday at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex.

China completed their sweep of the diving events, claiming a brace of golds in the final two events on the final day which had the water polo finale slotted later in the night.

Having pulverised the opposition in the swimming, synchronised swimming and diving events, China, not taking into account the title rounds of the water polo finals, finished on a high-48 in the gold medal rush. China were up against Kazakhstan in both the men’s and women’s water polo summit clashes late on Sunday.

The closest nation behindthe world powerhouse in thesportwere Japan with three golds in the swimming event. In the concluding day’s afternoon diving medal round, China’s Chen Ye and Qu Lin topped the podium in the women’s 3m synchro final with a total of 321.90 points. Their fourth of five dives, a forward two and a half somersault with one twist pike, saw them notch up 73.80, the highest of the afternoon, according tothe officialtechnical analysis.