(BEIJING, February 15) -- As leant from the operation team of the National Aquatics Center, or the "Water Cube" on February 14, the venue is ready for the 16th FINA Diving World Cup from February 19 to 24, 2008.

　　The FINA World Cup is the third largest diving event after the Olympics and FINA world Championships. Furthermore, the 16th FINA World Cup will take place at the just-inaugurated Olympic venue, so that it has attracted 310 athletes, 218 coaches and 42 international judges from 54 countries.

　　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.

　　The women's 10m platform will feature world champions Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin, who will be also synchronized participants.

　　There will be big names from Russia, Canada, Australia and France too.

　　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

　　The competitions will last 6 days with the following time table:

　　February 19 - Men's synchronized 3m springboard preliminaries and finals

　　February 20 - Women's 10m platform semifinals and finals

　　February 21 - Men's 3m springboard semifinals and finals; women's synchronized 10m platform preliminaries and finals

　　February 22 - Men's synchronized 10m platform preliminaries and finals

　　February 23 - Women's 3m springboard semifinals and finals

　　February 24 - Men's 10m platform semifinals and finals; women's synchronized 3m springboard preliminaries and finals

　　The tickets are divided into five tiers, priced at 30, 50, 80, 120 and 150 yuan for the preliminaries, semifinals and finals.