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Wang Rui brought China their third diving title at the University Games when she clinched the 10m platform crown Friday.
Wang amassed 546.30 points from her five semifinal and five final dives to win by a margin of 11 points from her teammate Cai Yuyan with 535.83 points. Ri Ok Rim from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea took bronze with 532.80 points, holding off her compatriot Choe Myong Hwa with 526.14.
Cai won double silver medals - in individual and synchronized 10m platform events - at the Swimming World Championships in 1998 in Perth.
Wang took silver in the 10m platform at the 1999 Universiade in Palma, behind teammate Fu Mingxia. She also won a gold in the synchronized 10m platform in 1997 at the Diving World Cup in Mexico.
(People's Daily 08/25/2001)
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