FINA Newsletter 5/2014
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| Newsletter #5 // March 12th 2014 |
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| brightest stars ready for diving world series kick-off in beijing |
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| The 7th edition of the FINA/NVC Diving World Series kicks off in Beijing (CHN) on March 14-16, 2014. The brightest stars in diving from the top nations in the sport will line-up to compete in eight events: men's and women's 3m springboard, 3m springboard synchro, 10m platform and 10m platform synchro. The 2014 edition of the Series comprises the following stops: March 14-16 Beijing (CHN) Among those to watch in the men's 3m springboard events: reigning World champion He Chong (CHN), World silver medallist Evgeny Kuznetsov (RUS), 2013 Series overall winner and World bronze medallist Yahel Castillo (MEX). In the men's platform events, those ready to make a splash include current Olympic champion David Boudia (USA), reigning World champion Qiu Bo (pictured above) from China, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley (GBR), 2013 Series overall winner Victor Minibaev (RUS), 10m synchro World champions Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein (GER), and 10m synchro Olympic silver medallists Ivan Garcia and German Sanchez (MEX). In the women's 3m springboard events, China's Minxia Wu and Zi He - Olympic and World champions respectively -, as well as rising talent Tingmao Shi, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist and 2013 Series runner-up Laura Sanchez (MEX), World bronze medallist Pamela Ware (CAN) and 3m synchro World silver medallist Tania Cagnotto (ITA) are ready to shine at the Water Cube. The women's 10m platform events will feature Chinese greats Ruolin Chen and Huixia Liu, 2012 Olympic silver medallists Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco (MEX), and Malaysian sensation Pandelela Rinong Pamg, bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics. The application for iPhone and iPad (LIVE+ application @appstore) is now available in addition to the live streaming of all finals on FINAtv, both free of charge. For the first time, the application LIVE+ is also available for Android. |
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| Italy beats Montenegro, Serbia and Hungary clinch Super Final spot |
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On March 11 (round 5), Serbia had an easy win over Romania 4-7 (1-2, 0-1, 2-1, 1-3) in Bucharest, totalling 9 points in the Group A rankings. Greece proved too strong for 2012 Olympic champions Croatia, winning 8-7 (1-1, 2-2, 3-2, 2-2) in Patras, thus securing a second place in Group B. Slovakia recorded their first win in Group C, beating Germany 12-9 (3-3, 1-2, 4-2, 4-2) in Bratislava. In Bari, the Italian squad stunned top qualifier Montenegro, edging the World number 2 by just one goal 9-10 (4-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-2). Italy's Alex Giorgetti scored four goals, sealing the home side's victory. Italy closed the gap with Montenegro, each totalling 12 points. In the final preliminary round in April, Serbia receives Russia in Kragujevac, Hungary plays Croatia in Pecs, Slovakia faces Italy in Kosice and Montenegro meets Germany (city tbc). The men's water polo teams of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Africa and USA are gearing up for the World League’s Intercontinental Tournament for America, Asia, Africa and Oceania, organised in Shanghai (CHN) from May 26-June 1, 2014. The tournament will decide the last four teams for the men's Super Final to be staged in Dubai (UAE) from June 16-21, 2014. |
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Four-time World League winner Serbia and reigning World champions Hungary are the first teams to secure a spot in the men's Super Final, their sixth and seventh participation since the launch of the competition in 2002. Both teams remained unchallenged in the European preliminaries of the 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League so far, claiming three wins each. 
