CHINA DAILY AUGUST 15, 2011 • PAGE 11 PREVIEW Divers to jump in headfi rst

By SUN XIAOCHEN he planned to attempt a high-dif- DAILY fi culty stunt to “take revenge” on . SHENZHEN — China’s student Olympics champion duo squad, which boasts the Lin Yue and Huo Liang will strive to strongest line-up in the country’s continue dominating the 10m plat- delegation, hopes to replicate its form. Th ey will face off against Rus- seniors’ gold sweep and dominate sian double Victor Minibaev and the springboard at Ilya Zhakharov, who claimed the the Shenzhen Uni- World Cup silver medal last year. versiade. China’s “diving queen” , Six of China’s sev- who majors in journalism at Ren- en Beijing Olym- min University, will see no oppo- DIVING pics gold medalists nents on her way to clinch the 3m at the Shenzhen springboard’s , while meet are from the 15-member teaming up with Asian Game title- diving team, which hopes to winner for the synchro- again snap up all 10 titles, aft er the nized 3m board. national squad bagged them all at The women divers will face a the FINA World Championships tough challenge from the Mexican in Shanghai last month. squad, led by , who Four elite athletes from the edged out China’s to take Shanghai World contingent — He the 10m gold at the 2009 Belgrade Chong, , He Zi and Chen . Ruolin — will spearhead the team’s Olympic and World champion fi ght for the gold at the weeklong Chen hopes to defeat the Mexi- competition in Shenzhen Natato- can diving diva this time. Chen is rium’s indoor pool from Aug 16. again joining forces with her Bei- With no challenging rivals from jing Olympics partner to other countries, the men’s 3m take on Espinosa and Taliana Ortiz springboard will again become a in the synchronized 10m platform. head-to-head battle between He China sent a low-profi le team Chong and 2007 Melbourne World to the Belgrade meet two years champion Qin, after He outper- ago. Th e country dominated the formed Qin to claim his second medals table, claiming seven golds consecutive World championship out of 12 events. ranked in Shanghai. second, with three golds. Ukraine PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Qin said on his micro blog that and Russia each took one. Qin Kai (top) and He Chong should make the men’s 3m springboard diving competition an all-Chinese aff air. China track team set for challenge By LEI LEI stop of the Asian Athletics Grand Asian Championships medalists CHINA DAILY Prix. Th e two are the strongest gold will strive for glory for the host medal contenders in Shenzhen. country. Th ey include Chen Jin- SHENZHEN — China’s track and In the men’s 400m hurdles, Chen gwen, women’s 400m bronze med- fi eld youngsters are ready to chal- Dayu is ready to shine in his home- alist at the Kobe Asian Champion- lenge the traditional powerhouses town of Shenzhen. Having won the ships, Meng Qianqian, women’s at the Universiade in Shenzhen. test event of the Shenzhen Uni- shot put Asian champion and Liu Men’s hurdlers Yin Jing and versiade in June this year, Chen Xiangrong, runner-up of women’s Jiang Fan carry the plays the leading role. shot put in Kobe. biggest hope in the Veteran Su Xiongfeng will com- In the marathon, silver and bronze men’s 110m hur- pete in the Universiade again, as medalists of the Xiamen Interna- dles for the host he is the gold medalist of the men’s tional Marathon last year, Sun Juan country, which long jump at the 2007 Universiade. and Jin Lingling, will try to maintain earned two gold Men’s race walking is always a China’s advantage in the event. ATHLETICS medals in track strong point of China. In Shenzhen, While Russian athletes domi- and fi eld at the last Cai Zelin, runner-up of the men’s nate the track and fi eld events, and Universiade two years ago. 10km at World Junior Champion- always top the medal tally at Uni- Due to the infl uence of former ships last year, will lead the squad. versiade, this year’s host won’t let Olympic and world champion Liu In sprinting events, Zheng the chance to challenge them slip Xiang, the men’s 110m hurdles is Dongsheng and Su Bingtian, mem- by in Shenzhen this time. one of the favorite events for China. bers of the Asian Games champion With 50 gold medals on off er, Yin, 23, is the defending champion men’s 4x100m relay team, will try track and fi eld is the biggest sport XINHUA of the event, while Jiang earned to break the block of strong West- at the Shenzhen Universiade. Defending champion Yin Jing is out to defend China’s pride in the 110m the Universiade ticket by clock- ern sprinters. Track and fi eld events will start hurdles at the Universiade this week. ing 13.49 seconds at the Jiaxing On the women’s side, many on Tuesday.