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Triumph of Natalya Goncharova at “The Spring swallows-2011”

On the 25^th of March the international diving Gran-Prix FINA has started in Penza, Russia.

This year the tournament is held in Penza sport complex “Burtasy”. The entry list includes the strongest world divers: world champion Thomas Daley (Great Britain), Tania Couch (Canada), world champion, bronze Olympic champion Gleb Galperin, silver Olympic champion Yulia Koltunova, European champion Nadezhda Bazhina and many others.

As chief national coach Andrey Beketov reported, on the 3 meters springboard Zhang Xinhua (China) became the winner among men with Shixin Li on the second place. Ilya Zakharov was the 3^rd and Evgeny Kuznetsov – the 4^th.

Natalya Goncharova was a real hero of the day who won the women platform contest. Chinese divers won the silver and bronze medals.