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The 15th Annual Grand Prix of Diving begins the second meet of seven today in Rostock, Germany. Rostock is located on the northern shore of Germany on the estuary of the Warnow River, near the Baltic Sea.

Similar to the Grand Prix of Swimming, divers have an opportunity to win cash prizes for their performance in the series. The top three individual divers in each event, and the top three synchro teams in each event will receive prizes in the range of $1,000 to $5,000 U.S. dollars at the conclusion of the Grand Prix series (source). For the meet at Rostock alone, winners of each event can expect 1,000 EURO along with a “special prize.” Second and third place receive 500 and 250 EURO respectively (meet info PDF).

According to the meet website, the Grand Prix meet in Rostock corresponds to the 54th Internationaler Springertag, or International Diver’s Day. Divers from 19 countries are in attendance, with the largest teams representing host Germany followed by diving world power China.

It looks as though 2008 Olympic champion He Chong (CHN) and silver medalist Alex Despartie (CAN) will once again not be in attendance at this Grand Prix event.

Source: FINA.org, Springertag Rostock