With Russia out of the way, China is the new force in Olympic artistic swimming. Twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi gave their country another gold in the sport formerly known as synchro, winning the duet competition at the Paris Games.
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China completes sweep of all eight diving gold medals at Olympics when Cao Yuan defends title in men’s 10-meter platform
China completes sweep of all eight diving gold medals at Olympics when Cao Yuan defends title in men's 10-meter platform
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China completes unprecedented Olympic diving sweep as Cao Yuan wins another gold in men’s platform
Cao Yuan has defended his title in the men’s 10-meter platform to give China an unprecedented sweep of the diving gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
Table Tennis-China’s women win team gold, Japan take silver
China's Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu won the gold medal in the Olympic women's table tennis team final on Saturday, with Japan's Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano and Miwa Harimoto taking silver.