ESSEN, Germany, July 20 (Xinhua) -- China overtook South Korea to move into the second place of medal tally at the Rhine-ruhr World University Games after a bountiful day of five gold medals on Sunday.
China didn't allow the day's two diving titles slip away. Zheng Junzhi/Mo Yonghua scored 437.31 points to claim the men's synchronized 10m platform, followed by Germany's Jaden Eikermann/Luis Avila Sanchez (400.74) and South Korea's Kim Yeong-taek/Kim Ji-wook (377.64). Lu Wei and Wang Weiying booked the top two places with 400.35 and 387.15 points respectively in women's platform. Pauline Pfeif of Germany finished third with 354.40 points.
China added two more golds in taekwondo. Ma Jingyue beat Germany's Supharada Kisskalt to win the women's 49kg, while Xing Jiani overcame Spain's Lena Moreno Reyes 2-0 in the women's 67kg final.
The other two taekwondo golds were split up by South Korean Seo Geon-woo in men's 80kg and Ukraine's Maksym Manenkov in men's 58kg.
The tournament's first gold in badminton went to China in the mixed team event after they defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1. India took the bronze, which is its first medal here.
"I am very excited, but the game was very tough. I feel a little confused about it. But in the end, I won this game, and I feel like all my stress just fell off that very moment. Amazing experience," said Chinese player Yuan Anqi, recalling her rallied 12-15, 15-12, 15-7 victory over Wang Pei-yu from Chinese Taipei.
To India, the bronze medal is a feat to be remembered. "For India, this is a very historic achievement. We have never reached this stage. This is our first medal," said Alisha Mahmood Khan.
The United States proved to be the run-away leader in the swimming pool as they snatched four of five swimming gold medals.
Team USA finished first in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay in seven minutes and 52.56 seconds. China was 5.35 seconds behind in second place and Japan was third, trailing the winner by 7.43 seconds.
U.S. swimmers also took the top two places in women's 100m backstroke with Helen Kennedy Noble's triumphing in 58.78 seconds and Leah Elizabeth Shackley coming second in 59.13s, followed by South Korea's Lee Eun-ji clocking 1:00.23.
Benjamin Patrick Delmar was the winner in men's 200m breaststroke timing 2:09.50. Mak Sai Ting Adam from Hong Kong, China fell behind by 1.03s in second place and Poland's Dawid Lukasz Wiekiera in third 1.04s adrift of the winner.
Jack Andrew Dahlgren went atop in men's 200m butterfly recording one minute 55.59 seconds. Wang Kuan-hung from Chinese Taipei was 0.26s behind in second and another American Mason Andrew Laur came third, 0.91s more than his countryman.
"At the last World University Games I came fourth or fifth and I was devastated. Heartbreak. So I've wanted it ever since then and I got it," said Dahlgren.
"My roommate here, another butterflier Kamal Muhammad, he told me at the hotel: 'It's gonna hurt, just fight, never give up.' I was thinking about that on the last 15 meters."
Individual neutral swimmer Aleksandr Stepanov claimed the men's 1,500m freestyle in 14:55.58 followed by two Italians Ivan Giovannoni (+0.12) and Davide Marchello (+10.97).
South Korea won its third fencing gold here as they defeated Italy in men's sabre team competition 45-34 and France saw its gold medal in the Games after overcoming also Italy to win the women's epee team event in 37-34.
Lithuania notched its first gold medal here in men's 3x3 basketball after seeing off USA by 21-16. In the women's event, China outscored USA 21-16 to reach the women's 3x3 basketball final, where they lost to host Germany 21-15.
China suffered setbacks in table tennis. As defending champions in the team events, they lost 3-2 to Japan in the men's final and by the same score to Chinese Taipei in the women's final.
Team USA remains atop the medal table after Day 4 with 36 medals - 13 golds, eight silvers, and 15 bronzes. China is now second with nine golds, 12 silvers, and three bronzes, while South Korea drops to third with seven golds, four silvers, and 11 bronzes. Enditem
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