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Chinese female divers bag two golds
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-03 22:41
China collected its fourth gold in the FINA diving grand Prix here when world
champions Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia pulled off the women's 3m springboard
synchronized on Saturday.
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Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia
[Xinhua]
| Amid cheers from the
sell-out crowd, the Chinese pair led the field throughout a match without much
suspense and sailed to the championship on 334.20 points.
Australian duo Chantelle Michell and Loudy Tourky fought their way to the
runner-up place on 271.31 after overtaking Britain's Tandi Gerrard and Jane
Smith in the last dive. The British divers had to settle for the bronze by a
tiny margin of 0.09 point.
Carrying on China's gold sweep in the tournament serving as one of the
national Olympic trials, Guo and Wu took it for granted for their victory.
"We did not pay much attention to other divers during the competition. We
just mind our own business,"said Guo, who clinched both titles in the 3m
springboard and the synchronized event at the Barcelona World Championships last
July.
Lao Lishi and Li Ting also met little challenge in their run for the women's
platform synchronized title when the platform synchronized world champions eased
to the first place on 347.82.
Loudy Tourky took her second silver here after She partnered Lynda Dackiw to
collect 297.99 points while Russian pair Natalia Goncharova and Yulia Koltunova
were ranked third among the four pairs of competitors in the final.
Lao talked in a relieved manner about the victory after she surrendered the
platform gold to her national teammate Li Na on Friday.
"We had great team work during the match, which brought us the victory,"she
said. "But we have to improve on some details of our moves, I mean, every single
move."
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