Diving queen ready to spring back

China's trumpeted diving queen Guo Jingjing is set to return to the springboard in May for the first time since last year's Beijing Games, the Shenzhen-based Sunshine Daily reported yesterday.

The 27-year-old picked up her third and fourth Olympic gold medals in China's near-sweep of the diving crowns at the Summer Games in August. But she has not competed since amid rumors that she sought treatment for a chronic eye disease in Hong Kong, a report she has denied.

"My comeback competition will be the Diving Grand Prix in the United States in May," the multi world and Olympic champion was quoted as saying. "But my focus in 2009 will be on the World Championships in July in Rome, as well as (China's) 11th National Games in October."