China claimed two gold medals in table tennis on Thursday to consolidate its lead at the World University Games medal table. With three days of competition left, the Chinese are still in front in the race for the most gold medals won, garnering 15 golds, 18 silvers and 13 bronzes.

After picking up three gold medals in Day 8, Japan climbed to second place on 12 golds. South Korea also had 12 golds, but was third because of a smaller total.

China had a solid day in table tennis as Cui Qinglei and Li Yang held off a strong challenge from Frenchmen Stephane Lebesson and Adrien Mattenet to win the men's doubles final by 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 7-11 and 11-9. The women's doubles final was an all-Chinese affair, with Cai Shanshan and Dai Ningyang prevailing in a hard-fought, seven-set match against teammates Liu Juan and Ma Yuefei.

"Cui and Li had made a lot of preparations for the men's final and their efforts turned out to pay off," said Sun Qilin, a coach of the Chinese table tennis team.

The table tennis competition will close on Friday with the last two events.

Konstyantyn Milyayev of Ukraine produced consistent performance to strike gold in the men's 10m platform with 493.75 points. Mexico's Rommel Aghmed Pacheco had silver on 476.75 points, while Chinese favorite Wang Zihao blundered on his fifth dive and had to settle for a bronze.

Meanwhile, China advanced to the gold medal match of the first-ever Summer Universiade women's water polo tournament, outscoring Canada 6-1 in each of the first two quarters en route to a 16-7 victory.

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