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    Daley targets Chinese 'robot' Qiu

    British Olympic diving hope Tom Daley described Chinese rival Qiu Bo as a "robot" on Saturday and predicted the Asian giants could buckle under pressure to deliver a gold medal sweep.

    Four years ago in Beijing, China won seven out of eight gold, their quest for perfection falling agonisingly short when Australia's Matthew Mitcham won the 10m platform.

    Daley will look to add the Olympic individual 10m platform to the European title he won in May, but Qiu of China will start as the overwhelming favourite.

    The 19-year-old Qiu won two gold medals at the world championships in Shanghai last year.

    But Daley believes China may pay a high price for their obsessive pursuit of gold at the London Games.

    "The Chinese have got a different way of working. They're taken out of school and away from their families. There's just this conveyor belt of Chinese divers and they work them until they break and then the next one comes along and trains," Daley told the Guardian.

    "So it's completely different. I train five hours a day, six days a week, which is a lot. But the Chinese guys are maybe doing seven hours of training, and working so hard. But they don't have a life. I do. I'm not constantly thinking about diving.

    "He's (Qiu) like a robot. Or he has been known to be like a robot."

    Daley has pinpointed a weakness in his teenage rival.

    "Pressure sometimes gets to him. You have to be able to dive as well as him to put pressure on him. Because if you don't put pressure on him he's not going to buckle. So it's tough," said the Briton.

    "But when I won the worlds in 2009 he did buckle. On the last dive I scored 10s and he dived after me and didn't do his dive very well. But we've been up against each other a lot.

    "He beat me by two points at the junior worlds in 2008 but I beat him at the senior worlds. I also beat him in world series events in 2009 and 2010. I've beaten him four times but, otherwise, he's been pretty dominant."

     

    11 comments

    • World Citizen  •  Miami, Florida  •  1 day 7 hrs ago
      Oh stop whining you Brit losers... Let's see how Tom Daleys #$%$ will be kicked by Qiu Bo next week...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    • PT  •  2 days 11 hrs ago
      all #$%$
      why not say you are just lazy and not practice enough?
      • Genius 2 days 0 hrs ago
        He forgot Ben Johnson. May be he was not born yet.
      • Howard Wong 2 days 8 hrs ago
        Fxxk you PT you commie cheater use drugs
    • Asten  •  2 days 14 hrs ago
      Rightly so
    • Emilio  •  Mt Royal, Canada  •  2 days 21 hrs ago
      LOL. Sore loser much? Since when is keeping cool under pressure and delivering consistently a bad thing? You wish you could be a "robot", Tom.
    • bvn  •  Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China  •  2 days 8 hrs ago
      It's silly to say that!! Poor Daley!!
    • Phil  •  Berlin, Germany  •  2 days 19 hrs ago
      He is right. The Chinese drive those kids day and night. They have no life. As you watch them perform, you can tell all they know is diving, dancing, skating. As he said, they have no life outside of what they are 'training' for. Really sad. And when they do not perform, all hell breaks loose behind closed doors.
      • Howard Wong 2 days 8 hrs ago
        Correction, commie cheaters use drugs!!
    • sean z  •  Irvine, California  •  2 days 21 hrs ago
      Tom,
      I am not working as hard as the Chinese....I have a life...Huh? You sure don't have much better a life than the Chinese the way you said it.
      • Ferdinand 2 days 16 hrs ago
        @Sean Z: I am very sorry. I erroneously give you a thumb down. What I want it to give you a thumb up.
    • Patrick  •  China Grove, North Carolina  •  2 days 20 hrs ago
      life is whit you make of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Cloud Leaf  •  23 hrs ago
      gush the brits are learning fast from the americans, blame others when they lose:-) there goes my respect for that fine country, and a host nation....have some pride for yourself, like you ancestors!
    • Cloud Leaf  •  2 days 11 hrs ago
      why doesn't he say he is British so he is superior to Chinese? Daley, mark my word, your life will be to carry bags for Qiu:-)
      • Cloud Leaf 1 day 21 hrs ago
        FXXK you Coward Howard #$%$ you can lick my toe
      • Howard Wong 2 days 8 hrs ago
        Fxxk you Coward Leaf you commie cheater uses drugs
    • Howard Wong  •  Vancouver, Canada  •  2 days 8 hrs ago
      Commie china employs performance enhancing drugs in their quest for gold. They can cheat in Beijing homeground but definitely not in Britain. Down with Cheating Chinese Pirates CCP
      • Genius 2 days 0 hrs ago
        Ehm... Ben Johnson .
      • bvn 2 days 4 hrs ago
        It's time for you to take pill!! XD
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