World Swimming Championship 2009 - Guo Jingjing - Princess of Diving

Hello,

There are so many things to write that I was finding it difficult where to start. I start with swimming as today we end the diving, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and almost the entire water polo competition and move on to swimming.The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships are being held in Rome. It began on July 17 and will end on August 2. A record 2556 athletes from 185 countries are participating.


The swimming championships are on and China the superpower in diving have taken a lead with 17 medals. These include 6 golds with two coming from Guo Jingjing, 'the princess of diving' . The undisputed superstar at 3 metres the lady has just completed her 5th double at the world championships. Guo has won ten world championship titles and four Olympic golds 9record for diving wins at olympics). Her winning spree started in 1995 and although she had announced her Olympic retirement plans after the 2008 games, the way she is going it would not be a surprise if we see her take the springboard again in 2012.
She is a real superstar. She is only 28.


More on the World Cup in my next post.