The powerful Chinese diving team will be targeting nothing less than a sweep of all titles at their home Olympics after confirming their supremacy throughout the season.
China have become increasingly dominant over the past five Olympics, winning five golds in 2000 before landing a record six in 2004.
The favourites flexed their muscles by claiming all eight golds at June's FINA Diving Grand Prix in Rome.
And spearheaded by world and double Olympic champion Guo Jingjing they are looking for all eight titles on offer in the Water Cube.
They showed what they are capable of at the diving World Cup at the Olympic venue earlier this year by winning seven out of eight events.
But the hosts also revealed their weak point in the men's 10m platform.
It was the only title to elude them, with the gold medal going to Germany's Sascha Klein ahead of Zhou Luxin, the Chinese favourite, and David Boudia of the United States.
The high dive has been a problem for China since Sydney Olympic gold medallist Tian Liang was kicked off the team in 2005 for spending too much time on commercial activities and not enough in the training pool.
Injuries have kept Hu Jia, the individual gold medallist in Athens for years ago, out of the team and deepened China's problems.
The pressure will be on Zhou from world champion Gleb Galperin of Russia and Cuba's Jose Guerra Oliva.
In the men's 3m springboard, China's world champion Qin Kai faces the challenge of Canada's Olympic silver medallist Alexandre Despatie.
Meanwhile in the synchronised events, China will be determined to avoid the upset they suffered in Athens when Greek pair Nilolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis claimed gold after errors by the Chinese and Russians.
Among the women, in the three metre springboard, Guo is the firm favourite with her leading challenger compatriot Wu Minxia while Italy's Tania Cagnotto and Russia's Yulia Pakhalina are also set to be in the medal mix.
The oldest diver in the squad at 27, Guo wants to go out on a high note in Beijing.
"As divers we try to bring out our best performances and I will try to do just that for the Olympics Games," she said.
In the 10m platform Chen Ruolin and Xin Wang are frontrunners with Canada's Emilie Heymans, a former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist, also bidding for a podium finish.
Sydney Olympic champion Laura Wilkinson will also be hoping to go out with a splash in her final Games as the once-dominant US team look to make up for their medal shutout at Athens.
"All the pieces are there for me to win another gold, but it will come down to who is on their mental game on the day," said the Texan.
"This will be my last Olympic games and I have set myself the target of making it my best ever.
"It was a dream for me in Sydney, it was my first games and I won a gold medal, which was just amazing.
"I enjoyed Athens, where I came fifth, my dives were good and I did the things I wanted to do, but others were simply better on the day."
