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Chinese divers golden on first day of worlds
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-18 08:46
China picked up where it left off at the Athens Olympics, winning two gold
medals in synchronized diving at the world aquatics championships on Sunday.
The Chinese won six of eight gold medals in Athens, where the United States
was shut out of the medals for the first time in 92 years.
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| Jia Tong and Yuan Pei Lin finished first in women's 10-meter
synchronized diving. |
| "I hope
the Chinese federation would take all the gold medals and bring them back to
China," diver Wang Feng said.
They are off to a promising start in Montreal.
Jia Tong and Yuan Pei Lin finished first in women's 10-meter synchronized
diving with 351.60 points, easily outdistancing Australians Loudy Tourky and
Chantelle Newberry, who had 334.89.
He Chong and Wang won the men's 3-meter synchronized springboard title with
384.42 points.
Jia, 15, and 14-year-old Yuan have been paired for nearly three months. Yuan
is competing in her first international meet.
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