For the Chinese team, which is considered as the "diving dream team", the lineup for the Games won't be decided before then.

"The lineup of the World Cup is not the same one we'll send to the Beijing Olympic Games since our team will still attend many FINA competitions up until June," said team leader Zhou. "The lineup of the Beijing Olympic Games still needs some months to decide. We will choose the best divers in their best form."

Of all the team members, "Diving Queen" Guo Jingjing has most likely booked her spot in women's springboard.

Her partner in the 3m synchronized event, Wu Minxia, who beat Guo in the individual event to win the title at the World Cup, has a great chance for another spot, although young diver He Zi emerged to win silver at the Grand Prix.

As for other Athens Olympic champions Hu Jia and Peng Bo, who were absent from the World Cup, Zhou said: "They had injuries in the past two years and took a rest for some time. Now they are still recovering. Whether or not they can enter the Olympics will be decided by their performances in the coming months."

Despite winning seven out of the eight gold medals at the World Cup and sweeping all the golds at the 14th FINA Diving Grand Prix last weekend in Shenzhen, Zhou said it was too early to get excited.

"There were still some world class divers who did not come," she said. "In the men's 3m springboard and 10m platform, Russia didn't send any divers. We just take it as a training session.

"Competing in two important events, one immediately after another, has required a lot of their physical and psychological conditions. How to adjust themselves to the best forms for different competitions should be what they have learned."

(China Daily March 4, 2008)