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MEDAL TABLE 1 CHN 6 4 3 13 2 RUS 4 2 1 7 3 USA 3 0 1 4 The FINA World Championships Herald - 2015 Thursday 30 July № .Better .than a burger. “THIS IS DOWN TO ALL THE FAST FOOD WE DIDN’T EAT,” SAYS BRITISH CHAMPION Great Britain set the standard in “This is down to a lot of hard work and when it fi nally happens it’s surreal,” the fi rst ever mixed team World early morning starts, a lot of friends’ said Daley. Championship event, as Tom Daley parties sacrifi ced, a lot of burgers The Brits fi nished eight points ahead and Rebecca Gallantree took gold. not eaten, a lot of fries not eaten. We of Ukraine’s silver medal pair of And the winners highlighted the didn’t have any expectations going Iuliia Prokopchuk and Oleksandr secret recipe for their successes – into this event, as we know China is so Gorshkovozo, with China’s which included cutting out the junk strong in team events. It’s what you Siyi Xie and Chen Ruolin food. dream of every day in training, and taking bronze. >>>>>> P 56 The FINA World Championships Herald-2015 Thursday, July 30, 2015 DIVING A DIVE IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE WHEN THE ATHLETE’S ENTIRE BODY DAY IS BENEATH THE WATER WATER POLO By Artem Kuznetsov, photo: Ramil Gilvanov THREE THROUGH TO QUARTER FINALS Croatia, Greece and Hungary booked their places in the last eight with a game to spare in the group stage, but defeats for Argentina and Russia mean there’s no chance of a medal for the hosts in the men’s competition. ater polo is getting ever shuffled the roster and eased to a more popular at the cham- comfortable win. Wpionships with fans in- The other game in Group B saw trigued by the only team confronta- Greece overturn a two-goal deficit to tion on display in the event. beat the USA 11-10. That makes Fri- But while Russia’s famously vocal day’s final round of group play into a support has earned a great reputa- dead rubber: the Greeks go straight to tion at the side of the pool, the men’s the QF, the Russians are condemned team has struggled to hit the same to a consolation round and the Ital- heights in the water. ians and Americans will go into the The draw for Group B was not kind play-off to join the Greece and the to the Russians, and after a narrow other group winners. defeat to the USA in game one vic- Group D, by contrast, still has eve- tory was essential against a power- rything to play for. Serbia are in the ful Italian side. But it was not to be: box seat thanks to a convincing 19-9 five unanswered goals in the second win over Japan. But the nail-biting 5-5 back hard with two goals inside 80 China are still in contention after Wednesday’s results period helped Italy to a 9-3 win and draw between Australia and Monte- seconds and seemed to have secured drawing on Wednesday, but the Chi- Greece - USA 11:10 condemned Russia to last place in the negro means that all positions are the win after going in front for the nese face the daunting task of beat- qualifying group. up for grabs. Australia can take top first time with a couple of minutes ing Croatia to stay in the competition. Kazakhstan - Argentina 15:7 Team captain Artem Odintsov spot if it beats current leaders Ser- to play. Montenegro weren’t finished, Hungary powered through Group 4:17 blamed “toothless” defence, com- bia on Friday, while the winners of tying the scores with 22 seconds left C as expected. They had little trou- South Africa - Hungary plaining that the opposition were Japan – Montenegro will claim the thanks to a deft lob over the Aussie ble dispatching South Africa 17-4 on Australia - Montenegro 5:5 shooting at will throughout the other play-off place. goalie and the former Yugoslav Re- Wednesday. Argentina’s second de- game. The Australia-Montenegro game public fended off one last attack de- feat, this time to Kazakhstan, ends Serbia - Japan 19:9 After that blitz just before half was a real cliff-hanger. The Balkan spite frantic claims for an Australi- their medal prospects at the first Russia - Italy 6:9 time Russia managed something of nation, backed by a small but vocal an penalty shot in the final seconds. hurdle. a rally, and when the score pulled group of fans behind the goal, looked Group A goes to Croatia, with the The decisive round of the play-off China - Canada 2:8 back to 6-3 the fans dared to dream strong early on and led 4-2 at the team delivering the expected wins which will define the final participants Croatia - Brazil 10:9 of a great escape. But Italy regrouped, third intermission. But Australia hit over Canada and Brazil. Brazil and will take place on Friday, July 31. DIVING By Matthew Luxmoore, photo: Ramil Gilvanov Better than a burger Cont. from page 1. 2009. And the Olympic bronze medal- da Bazhine, reigning European cham- The pre-competition hype focused list was revelling in a return to the top. pions, out of the medals. on Ruolin, a four-time Olympic cham- “In Rome I didn’t really understand “We finally beat China!” was Prokop- pion, and the USA’s Dave Boudia, also the scale of the event, I was too young. chuk’s comment in the post-event press an Olympic gold medal winner. But the To do it again now feels great, especial- conference, leaving diving partner Gor- British duo displayed terrific teamwork, ly when I understand the magnitude of shkovozov to put that achievement in delivering a series of inspired dives from the moment,” he said. perspective. the 3m springboard and 10m platform China have not failed to achieve a “Nobody expected Ukraine to get to win the hearts of the crowd and the podium finish in any diving event since second place, but we made it. We were respect of the judges. 2003, and yesterday’s event at Ka- not nervous going in - we set ourselves A day after 30-year-old Italian div- zan’s Aquatics Palace was no excep- a goal and we got it,” he said. er Tania Cagnotto halted China’s gold tion. However, Chen Roulin will have rush, Gallantree became the second to wait a little longer to join compa- FINA Worlds 2015. Diving. elder statesman of the sport to be- triot Qin Kai in third place on the all- Mixed team event. come a World Champion for the first time gold medal list, as he and part- time – showing once again in this ner Xie Siyi were left to settle for third Rebecca 434.65 GBR Gallantree/ competition that age is no obstacle after an outstanding late finish by un- Tom Daley to success. derdogs Ukraine. Oleksandr Meanwhile for Daley it was a return They pulled off a superb final dive to 426.45 UKR Gorshkovozov / Iuliia Prokopchuk to the podium six years after he burst leap from fourth to second, overtaking onto the scene as a 15-year-old by win- the famous Chinese duo and pushing CHN Siyi Xie / 425.40 Chen Ruolin ning the men’s 10m platform in Rome in Russia’s Viktor Minibaev and Nadezh- 56 56 The FINA World Championships Herald - 2015 Thursday, July 30, 2015 LIKE ANY ATHLETES, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS CAN PICK UP INJURIES. THEY MOST OFTEN OCCUR IN COLLISIONS DURING TEAM PERFORMANCES. SYNCHRONISED DIVING • FINAL DID YOU KNOW?.. By Andy Potts, photo Ramil Gilvanov By Daria Turceva GOLD MEDAL MUM Are you people, or mermaids? The Herald headed to the synchronised swimming “I’m happy that I’ve proved I can still perform at the pool to get the answers to the questions you thought top even after having a child” - Natalia Ishchenko were too stupid to ask. How many time can synchro-swimmers stay under water without breathing? Svetlana Romashina, 17-time World Champion In our team every girl can hold her breath for 3-4 minutes if she stays still and for one minute in motion. My personal best is four-and-a-half minutes. Can you hear the music under water? Elena Prokophyeva, double World Champion Yes, we can. There are underwater loudspeakers, so we can hear everything. 56 Is it painful to swim with your eyes open? Natalya Ishchenko, 18-time World Champion We try to make sure we don’t spend too much time under water. Also the pools are now cleaned with di erent detergents and these are better for our eyes. What is more important for a synchronised swimmer – arms or legs? Tatyana Pokrovskaya, head coach of the Russian national synchronised swimming team Synchronised swimming is technically very di cult. You need a real feel for the water - the temperature, the depth - so the most important thing is a good head for the sport. What do you look for in children who come to synchronised swimming atalia Ishchenko won her classes? second gold medal of the FINA Tatyana Pokrovskaya, head coach of the NWorld Championships – and Russian national synchronised swimming team the 18th in her career – with another The fi rst thing is appearance. After that we start looking at personality. Some dazzling display in the fi nal of the children are stubborn, some are quick-witted. Girls with nice fi gures and feet women’s free program here in Kazan.