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https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/en/news/95/olympic-newsletter-of-the-bp2017-media-1-2 Olympic Newsletter of the Bp2017 Media (1.) 2016.08.08. 15:40 CET Wu Minxia of China ended her record-setting Olympic career the way it began: with a gold medal. (Image: fina.org) Wu Minxia Makes History Wu Minxia of China ended her record-setting Olympic career the way it began: with a gold medal. Shi Tingmao and Wu totaled 345.60 points to win the women’s 3-meter synchronized title on Sunday in the first diving event of the Rio de Janeiro Games. They led throughout the five- round competition and won by a whopping 31.77 points on an overcast day at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre, where light rain briefly fell. “We have a very high standard,” Wu said through an interpreter. Wu claimed her fourth consecutive gold in 3-meter synchro, becoming the first woman to win four golds in the same event at the Olympics. She also won in 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has had three different partners. Wu, 30, also made history as the first diver to win five career golds, having won the 3-meter individual event four years ago in London. She won’t defend that title in Rio. “When I first got into diving, I thought it was a very exciting sport,” Wu said. “My personality, I always want to win.” She also owns silver and bronze in individual 3-meter from the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games. Wu is the oldest female diver to win gold in the Olympics, a mark previously held by the American Micki King, who won the 3-meter springboard at 28 in the 1972 Munich Games. (Source: nytimes.com).

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