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Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia of China dive during women’s sync. 3m springboard final of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, August 10, 2008. Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won the gold medal in the event. [xinhua] |
Chinese world and Olympic champion Guo Jingjing took the limelight of the Water Cube together with her partner Wu Minxia as they claimed the women's three-meter springboard synchronized gold at Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.
The defending champion Guo and Wu, winner of the event in 2004 Athens Olympics and three World Championships, took the lead after the second round in the final to collect 343.50 points, beating their closest rivals Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia, who posted 323.61, by almost 20 points.