Penza, 20 February 2016. PenzaNews. The Russian athletes Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, who are representing the Penza region in men’s doubles, reached the 11th place in 3-meter synchronous platform diving during the Rio de Janeiro World Cup on Friday, February 19.

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The winners of the contest were Stefan Feck and Patrick Hausding, followed by Cao Yuan and Quin Kai from China, while Rommel Pacheko and Jahir Ocampo took the third place.

Shortly before that, the Russian national men's team qualified for participating in all diving disciplines of the Olympic, while the women's team is yet to take part in the World Cup struggle to later participate in the Olympic Games.