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China piles up more diving gold medals

In the women's final, He won with 316.65 points - 5.45 better than Hartley, who was the champion two years in Montreal and in 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan.

Yuliya Pakhalina of Russia took the bronze with 304.60.

He, a 16-year-old diving in her second major international meet, overtook Hartley for first place on her fourth dive. He's reverse 2? somersault received 72.00 points - her highest score of the five-dive final. The dive had a 3.0 degree of difficulty, and along with her third dive worth 3.1, He pulled off the toughest two dives of the final.

He made her international debut last December at the Asian Games and won a silver medal, but she looked like a veteran against her older competition in the non-Olympic event.

"She is a girl who was absolutely fantastic," Hartley said. "I have a lot of respect for her."

Hartley led through three rounds and earned mostly 8.5s for her fourth dive. But He, diving last, did the more difficult dive, which propelled her into the lead for good.

"I was incredibly nervous on my fourth dive. It could have gone a little better," Hartley said. "There is always pressure to come in as a world champion and to defend your title."

He's teammate, Li Ting, failed to qualify for the final.

Irina Lashko, the 2003 champion while diving for Australia, finished fifth. The 34-year-old, who also won in 1998, recently cut ties with her adopted country and returned to competing for her native Russia.