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Diving gold medal brings China's total to four

Sunday, 10th August 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

China's "diving queen" Guo Jingjing ( 郭晶晶) and her partner Wu Minxia (吴敏霞) won gold in the women's 3-meter synchronized springboard event. It was the fourth gold for China in these games, and the fourth career gold for Guo, who is China's third highest earning athlete.

Guo and Wu dominated the competition, taking a nearly insurmountable 17-point lead into the fifth and final round of dives. The pair finished with a score of 343.5. Runners up Russia totaled 323.61, and Germany landed bronze with a strong finish and an overall score of 318.9.

Here's a recap of their 2004 gold medal run (from Beijing TV, commentary in Chinese):



Guo and Wu are expected to go head-to-head in the springboard individual final next Sunday, August 17 at 8:30 p.m.

Tags: Beijing Olympics, diving, gold medal, Guo Jingjing, Olympics, synchronized, Wu Minxia

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