Diving World Championships 1998 at Perth (aus) Women: Synchronized 3 m Springboard January 18: 1. Russia (Irina Lashko, Yuliya Pakhalina) 282.30 2. China (Rao Lang, Li Rongjuan) 276.18 3. USA (Kathy Pesek, Tracy Bonner) 263.91 4. Spain (Julia Cruz, Dolores Sáenz) 259.68 5. Germany (Claudia Bockner, Conny Schmalfuss) 256.56 6. Switzerland (Jackie Schneider, Katia Maliev-Aviolat) 243.31 7. Ukraine (Olena Zhupyna, Olga Leonova) 234.63