13:50 2001-09-09
LAST DAY OF GOODWILL GAMES IN AUSTRALIA BROUGHT RUSSIA ONE GOLD, THREE SILVER AND ONE BRONZE MEDALS
Russian athletes have won one gold, tree silver and one bronze medals on the last day of the Goodwill Games held in Australia.
Basketball, boxing and diving events were on the last day's agenda.
Russians Vera Ilyina and Yulia Pakhalina won silver medals in the women's 3-metre springboard synchronized diving event. They were surpassed only by Wu Minsja and Guo Jingjing from China. Anna Sorokina and Alyona Zhupina of Ukraine won the bronze.
Igor Lukashin of Russia won a bronze medal in men's 10-metre platform diving. Two Chinese divers - Tian Liang and Hu Jia - took the event's gold and bronze, respectively.
In the boxing tournament, Alexander Povetkin of Russia won the champion's title in the 91+ kilogram division, beating Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov. Russia's Georgy Balakshin (51- kilogram division) and Aidin Gasanov (63.5-kilogram division) became silver medallists after losing to Cuba's Osvaldo Liranse and Estonio Gutierrez, respectively.
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