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Swine flu keeping Chinese divers home

Wednesday, 29th April 2009 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

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A little swine flu outbreak couldn't keep the Chinese diving team from winning seven of eight titles at the FINA Diving World Series in Mexico City over the weekend, but it's keeping them out of the next competition. Team China has pulled out of the first stop on the FINA Diving Grand Prix circuit, Ft. Lauderdale, citing swine flu fears (The Guardian, via Reuters).

This means that Guo Jingjing, China's runaway top female sports figure and one of its top three sports stars period, will delay her return to the pool. She hasn't competed since the Olympics.

What a bummer for sports fans who had hoped to see the world's best compete in Florida next month. But what a bonanza for the rest of the divers, who might finally get to win something with the dominant Chinese not in attendance.

Related: China divers finish World Series on top

Guo Jingjing image: Ent.wuhan.net

Tags: diving, Guo Jingjing, swine flu