BEIJING, 23 February - In an ambush, Wu Minxia (CHN) stopped Springboard Queen Guo Jingjing (CHN)'s streak of wins when she beat Guo to first place and won the title in the women's 3m springboard final at the 16th FINA World Cup at National Aquatics Center on Saturday.

Chinese duo, Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing battled it out for gold madal from the outset - Wu stood tall after the opening dive, an Inward two and a half Somersaul in Pike position (DD 3.0), scoring 79.50 points whereas Guo scored 76.50 points for a Back two and a half Somersault in Pike position (DD 3.0) in the round. The chase was on as Guo engaged Wu in a fierce pursuit, but Wu held her at bay with six consistently flawless dives. Guo made a slight error on entry in her third dive, a Forward three and a half Somersault in Pike position (DD 3.1), but it was enough to sink her hopes.

Wu snatched gold with a total score of 391.35 points and Guo finished at 387.75 - separated by a margin of only 3.60 points.

Wu has now won two consecutive wins in this event at the World Cup - She won at the 2006 World Cup in Changshu by beating Guo.

Sharleen Stratton of Australia grabbed bronze with 350.70 points. This is her first medal in the individual event at the international competitions since she won silver in 1m springboard at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. in Melbourne, Australia.

Platform master, Zhou Luxin (CHN) qualified first with a total score of 515.35 points in the men's 10m platform preliminaries. Zhou was ranked third after the third round, however he pulled off a difficult dive in the fourth round, a Back three and a half Someraault in Pike position (DD 3.6) and moved to the top rank. He wrapped up the session by earning an impressive 96.90 points from the last dive, a Reverse three and half Somersault in Tuck position (DD 3.4).

His compatriot Lin Yue (CHN) struggled early on - he received two 5.5s out of 10 from the judges in the fourth round. a Back Three and a half Somersault in Tuck position (DD 3.3) and dropped to sixth place. However he avenged his mistake in the nest two rounds. snatching a total of four perfect 10s, and finished the session in second with 501.85 points.

Matthew Mitcham of Australia scored high with 499.95 to qualify third for tomorrow's semifinals. The Australian diver put up an impressive show with no splash throughout the session and his scores for each dive never dipped below 7.5 from any the seven judges.

The top 18 divers from preliminaries go onto the semifinals tomorrow.