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Author Time: 19-02-2008 Source: BOCOG
(BEIJING, February 17) -- Tickets for the finals of the 16th FINA Diving World Cup that will stage on the National Aquatics Center from next Thursday were all sold out, as learnt from the operation team of the Center, or dubbed the "Water Cube" on Sunday.
The FINA World Cup, be held at the newly-completed bubble-like Olympic venue from February 19 to 24, 2008, is the third largest diving event after the Olympics and FINA world Championships and also the last qualification event ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games.
People will be able to see 296 swimmers from 54 countries to complete the rest Olympic qualifications in all eight diving event of the Beijing Olympics.
Many top divers from worldwide have been registered and the host team has fielded the best lineup, including 3m springboard divers Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, who will also participate in women's synchronized events. On men's side, He Chong and Qin Kai will take part in 3m springboard, while veteran Wang Feng will join Qin Kai in synchronized competitions.
In addition, international big names like Sautin Dimitry, Yulia Pakhalina from Russia and Canadian Alexandre Despatie as well as other famous swimmers from Australia and France will also show in the competition.
The "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Swimming China Open held early this month at the National Aquatics Center only provided limited tickets. So the Diving World Cup organization increased tickets to 5,000. People can book the tickets through internet and telephone system or get the ticket at the venue ticket center directly.
But according the organizer, tickets for the finals were all sold out and internet and telephone system had no tickets for sale. The ticket price is valued in five levels, 30 yuan, 50 yuan, 80 yuan and the highest 150 yuan.
The 16th FINA World Cup is following the Olympic standards to set 8 events: Men/Women 3m springboard, 10m platform, synchronized 3m springboard and synchronized 10m platform.
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