"Diving Queen" Guo Jingjing and World Cup rookie He Chong of the Chinese "Armada" bagged two golds in the first-day competition of the FINA Diving World Cup in Changshu, in eastern Jiangsu province, on Wednesday.

In the women's one-metre springboard event, the 24-year-old host star Guo lived up to the expectations by taking the gold at 323.70 points, followed by compatriot Wu Minxia at 301.10 points.

Canadian veteran Blythe Hartley placed third at 300.25 points.

World and Olympic champion Guo didn't show her dominance at first as Hartley led the field of 12 finalists in the first two rounds.

The 24-year-old Hartley is a specialist on the 1m springboard, having been crowned twice in the event at top class World Aquatic Championships in 2001 and 2005.

However, Guo came from behind since the third dive and never gave up the top place thereafter.

"I'm happy with my performance tonight," Guo said, "and I'm happy to see so many audience supporting me."