Guo Jingjing

The Chinese Golden Diving Dream Team had their first practice at the National Aquatics Center, Water Cube, before the Beijing Olympics today. The Chinese diving team is hot fave this time round as it took home six golds during the 2004 Athens Olympics, beating other teams from mainland China.

The Chinese divers, who just arrived in Beijing this morning, could not wait to train in the Water Cube as they walked into the venue at 3:30. Olympic and world champion, the “diving queen” Guo Jingjing was the most eye-catching figure.

At the age of 27, the eldest diver in the squad, Guo is still an overwhelming favorite on the springboard. She looked quite in form and trained one hour on the 3m springboard.

On homesoil, they will dive (fight) more fiercely in Beijing 2008.

Via Xinhua