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Two more swimming bronzes for China at Universiade IZMIR, Turkey, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Qi Hui and Zhao Tao added two swimming bronze medals to the Chinese delegation at the 23rd Universiade here on Sunday. Qi, world champion (short-course) in women's 200m breaststroke, bagged a bronze medal in the discipline, clocking 2:27.94. Japanese Megumi Taneda took the gold medal at 2:27.81, and RebeccaSoni of the United States finished runner-up at 2:27.84. "I'm feeling good and to swim within 2:18 is tolerable," the 20-year-old said, "my opponent has raised her personal best." As Qi said, winner Megumi Taneda has bettered her personal best by about one second. "But I'm gonna take my chance in tomorrow's 400m individual medley," Qi added. Zhao Tao, rookie in the University Games, finished third at 2:01.29 in men's 200m individual medley, behind American Eric Shanteau and Vytautas Janusaitis of Lithuania, separately at meet-record times of 2:00.13 and 2:00.98. "I felt more pressure here than at the Olympics and the World Championships, " Zhao said in smile, "anyway, it's my first time to compete in the Universiade, it's a good start." The 18-year-old tipped his competition here as part of his preparation for
the 10th National Games, which will kick off in Octber 2005 in Nanjing, Jiangsu
Province.
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