Word: qiaoxian
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...body to follow. At first the American women, traditionally the world's best, could not match these elegant entries. They learned soon enough, but the Chinese kept improving too. As the Olympic women's springboard finals began, the question was whether Li Yihua, 21, or Li Qiaoxian, 16, the two slim, graceful Chinese divers, could take the gold over two Americans: Kelly McCormick, 24, daughter of Pat McCormick, who won springboard and platform golds in both 1952 and '56, and Chris Seufert, 27, veteran of the U.S. Olympic boycott team...
...board, turned, stood motionless and threw a back 2½ that missed high excellence by an ounce or two of rebounding water. Bernier won the gold by 530.70 to 527.46. Seufert, who had overcome a shaky start, won the bronze. Li Yihua and Li Qiaoxian wound up fourth and fifth...
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