Category — Diving

Australia’s Matthew Mitcham just became China’s public enemy number one when he denied his hosts a clean sweep of the diving gold medals. If I am one of them Chinese authorities, I will start digging dirt on this guy to disqualify him so the gold medal will go to China.

In fact, I personally believe that this Matthew guy is is only eight years old and should therefore not be allowed to participate in the Olympics. Look at his facial hair for instance. It kinda looks fake, no? I think Australia, in its desperation to get a diving gold, pasted kangaroo hair on the face of this poor eight year old boy to make him look older. Boo Australia, you are sooo an age cheating country.

Photo credit: Jamie Squire via Beijing2008

Hah. Didn’t I tell you earlier that the art of medal biting lives on in the Olympics? Here’s the China’s synchronized divers Kai Qin and Wang Feng. Kai is biting his gold to test if it is authentic.

Seems like the Chinese divers are really going to win all the golds in diving, no?

Photo source: Nick Laham/Beijing2008

There’s really no stopping the Chinese in Olympic diving, no? As expected, the synchronized diving team of Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won China’s first Olympic medal for the sport. Expect Chinese divers to win more golds after this.

Our tally for the China vs. United States gold medal race so far: China = four vs. United States = two. [Note: The photo below is a file photo and is not from the Beijing Olympics.]
Photo credit: Al Bello via CBC and sportsphoto via beijing2008.

Related:
Olympic Results: Guo Wenjun Makes it Three Golds for China
Pang Wei Makes it Two Golds for China
Chen Xiexia Scores One Gold for China

British diver Tom Daley just might become the breakout star in the Beijing Olympics so we might as well start blogging about him. [Are you listening, Mr. Google? Har har.]

Anyways, here’s a picture of Tom during the British Academy Television Awards last April 2008. What does this mean? Maybe it means that the kid has cross-over appeal? He’s like a mainstream celebrity already.

Well, Tom, here’s a word of advice from an old coot: Don’t forget about the diving, okay? Be more like Maria Sharapova and less like Anna Kournikova.

Related:
Olympian to Watch: Britain’s Tom Daley

Diver Tom Daley will be Great Britain’s second youngest male Olympian when he goes to Beijing this August. Tom is currently the British and European 10-meter platform champion.

How will he fare against the Chinese divers who’ve consistently come up on top in this event? Let’s wait and see what August will bring.