BY International Herald Tribune

China's Li Shixin dominated the men's springboard while Cao Jingzhen won the women's platform events at a diving Grand Prix on Saturday.

Shixin finished the men's 3-meter springboard competition with 476.30 points, 34.4 points ahead of Germany's Tobias Schellenberg. Alexander Dobroskok of Russia spoiled two jumps to finish third with 439.30.

Cao collected 346.9 points from six jumps to win the women's platform ahead of Russia's Tatiana Perunina (327.80) and Olga Vintonyak (327.60).

Cao then paired with Chen Ni to win the women's synchronized platform with 339.54 points. Russia's Natalia Goncharova and Yulia Koltunova were second, 18.36 points behind.

The Canadian pair of Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filon were third, 34.17 points behind.

China, which is targeting eight gold medals in the diving events at the Beijing Olympics in August, leads the medal standings with four gold and one silver medal after three days of the four-day meet.

Russia is second with one gold, two silvers and two bronze medals.

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