Sporting Digest: Swimming

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Rome): DIVING: Men: 1m springboard: Preliminary round (first four to semi-finals; 5-12 to quarter- finals): 1 Lan Wei (Ch) 355.35pts; 2 B Lietzow (Ger) 355.02; 3 E Stewart (Zim) 354.39; 4 H Schlepps (Ger) 347.91; 5 E Jongejans (Neth) 346.95; 6 Chen Sheng (Ch) 342.60; 7 D Sautin (Rus) 342.36; 8 A Kogalev (Bel) 340.20; 9 A Koustov (Rus) 339.15; 10 F Platas (Mex) 335.58; 11 K McMahon (US) 333.90; 12 B Earley (US) 332.97. GB: 17 R Morgan 323.07. Women: 10m platform: Preliminary round (first 12 to final): 1 Fu Mingxia (Ch) 339.12; 2 M E Clark (US) 307.80; E Richeteeli (US) 303.00; 4 Bin Chi (Ch) 290.19; 5 M Boileau (Can) 287.22; 6 S Timoshinina (Rus) 285.99; 7 A Tarasova (Rus) 282.75; 8 M J Alcala (Mex) 280.32; 9 M Coman (Rom) 279.39; 10 C Schmalfuss (Ger) 277.47; 11 A Monminy (Can) 276.96; 12 N Chikina (Kazak) 271.26. GB: 16 L Ward 269.79; 24 H Allen 216.18.

WATER POLO: Women: Preliminary round: Group A: Hungary 13 Canada 7; France 10 Brazil 9; Russia 7 Netherlands 6. Group B: Australia 10 Germany 8; United States 10 Kazakhstan 5; Italy 12 New Zealand 2.