Zhang Jun of China performs during the women's 3m springboard finals at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center in FloridaPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesAn almost perfect circle appears above Cao Yuan of China as he enters the pool during the men's 10m platform preliminariesPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesCarol Ann Ware of Canada arches into her dive from the 10m platform during the women's preliminaries Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images
A diver practises before competingPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesDavid Boudia of the USA spreads his arms on entry during the men's 10m platform preliminariesPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesDwight Dumais of the USA enters the pool during the men's 3m springboard preliminariesPhotograph: Wilfredo Lee/APFan Qin of Australia battles with centrifugal force during the women's 3m springboard preliminariesPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesPatrick Hausding and Sascha Klein of Germany appear to be smiling for the camera as they dive during the men's 10m platform synchronised finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesKatrina Young of the USA descends from the 10m platform during the women's semi-finalPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesMaxim Bouchard of Canada contemplates his score before surfacing in the men's 10m platform semi-finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesMichele Benedetti of Italy concentrates on the men's 3m springboard semi-finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesColombia's Juan Rios and Victor Ortega's movements are virtually mirrored as they perform in the men's 10m platform synchronised finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesZac Nees of the USA grimaces during the men's 3m springboard preliminariesPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesTwo perfectly synchronised competitors train before their eventPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesYanquan Zhang of China is silhouetted against the sky as he competes in the men's 10m platform finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesOleksandr Gorshkovozov and Dmytro Mezhenskyi of the Ukraine swim to the surface after competing in the men's 10m platform synchronised finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesYorick De Bruijn of the Netherlands emerges from the shadows during the men's 3m springboard preliminariesPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesCassius Duran of Brazil maintains impeccable symmetry even after his dive during the men's 10m platform semi-finalsPhotograph: Al Bello/Getty Images
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