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China's Xiong Ni Wins Springboard Gold
2000-09-26
SYDNEY, Australia - Xiong Ni of China won gold on his final dive with 708.72 points, beating Mexico's Fernando Platas by three-tenths of a point. Platas earned Mexico's first medal on springboard since 1980. Xiong joined American Greg Louganis as the only men to defend springboard titles. Louganis won in 1984 and '88. The 26-year-old Chinese became the second diver to win medals at four Olympics, tying Italy's Klaus Dibiasi, who accomplished the feat from 1964-76. Dmitry Sautin of Russia, who led each round going into his final dive, botched a reverse 2 1/2 somersault with 1 1/2 twists and settled for bronze with 703.20. There was no comeback for Mark Ruiz in Olympic springboard diving. The American, who earned 8.0s on just one of his six dives, wound up seventh Tuesday after coming into the 12-man final in fifth place. Troy Dumais of Ventura, Calif., finished sixth.
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