Russian tops 2 Chinese divers for gold
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Russia's Ilya Zakharov became the first non-Chinese diver to win a gold medal at the London Olympics.
Zakharov used a big final dive Tuesday night to beat Qin Kai and He Chong to win the men's 3-meter springboard.
Qin and He finished second and third in that order, the first time in six diving events here that China failed to win gold.
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German Patrick Hausding was fourth and American Troy Dumais finished fifth.
Zakharov scored 104.50 on his final dive, a forward 4 1/2 somersault in the tuck position. He was one of only two divers to break 100 on the night -- giving him 555.90 points.
It was the first Olympics since 1992 that China didn't win gold in the event.
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"I'm delighted. I am feeling too many emotions, so I don't know what to say," said Zakharov. "I'm so pleased that I managed to take a medal away from China."
Qin ended 14.15 points back and He was 31.75 off the pace for bronze.