China's Liu Jiao proved on Monday night that she can win no matter the weather, as she captured her second diving gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games in driving rain at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. 

With Chinese diving legend and Olympic gold medallist Guo Jingjing watching from the stands, Liu confidently soared through the raindrops to win the youth women's 3m springboard with 511.35 points. The 17-year-old attacked each of her final four dives from a rain-slicked board that seemed to intimidate others in the field.

Not even a slight bobble on Liu's third dive, an inward 2-1/2 somersault in pike position where her feet seemed to fly out from underneath her as she sprang up from the board, could deter her. Liu earned 70 points or better for three of her four dives, all of which had a 3.0 degree of difficulty. She was the only diver in the field to not include a dive of 2.9 or less in her programme.

"There was no strategy (in doing that), Liu said.

"I had no particular feelings about diving in the rain (either). I just do everything normally, and doing well in my dives is enough.

infromation form GIS 2010 - Singapore