INCHEON, South Korea, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers completed a clean sweep of 10 gold medals on offer at the Incheon Asian Games when world champions He Zi and Qiu Bo won the women's 3-meter springboard and men's 10m platform on the last day of the diving competition.
China topped the medal tally with 10 golds and six silvers, while Malaysia is in second place with two silvers, three bronzes. Host South Korea has one silver and four bronzes. DPR Korea collected one silver two bronzes and Japan one bronze.
Defending champion He Zi proved a class above her opponents in the women's 3m springboard, socring 374.45 points from five dives. China's Wang Han, runner-up in the one-meter springboard, had to settle for silver again with 359.30 points and Cheong Jun Hong of Malaysia came third with 327.10.
"I really wanted to achieve 385-390 or higher scores before the competition. But my performance was not that good as I expected. I am very serious about the Asian Games, and my rival is myself," He said.
London Olympic silver medalist Qiu Bo showed his balance of difficulty and stability in the men's 10m platform. Qiu scored 576.40 points together with six full marks, while teammate Yang stumbled in his third dive but came back strongly in the last 109B (forward 4 1/2 somersaults) for a day-high 106.60 points to take the silver in 526.95. Woo Haram of South Korea was third.
"It was my best performance so far this year. I made a careless mistake in the World Cup last July that costed me the title. I was afraid of making the same mistake again here in the Asian Games," said Qiu, who finished second behind Yang in the World Cup.
"Fortunately, I showed my usual form to take this title. It is a great boost for me," added Qiu.