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Qin Kai and Wang Feng confirmed the Beijing gold medal. Marconi under the podium
You don't need any word. Tommaso Marconi's tears mean all there is to comment. He says: "I could give up. My delusion is big, huge". The younger between the Marconi brothers doesn't hide his disappointment to the World Championships bronze lost only because of a half point.

A bronze that the Roman diver really deserved. The gold medal goes for the second time to the Chineese couple Qin Kai and Wang Feng, after the victory at the Beijing Olympics. Kai gets the second gold medal in the World Championships.

The Asian athlets overcome with 467.94 the american couple composed by Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen, which finishes with 445.59 points. On the third step of the podium, Canadian Alexandre Despatie and Reuben Ross, with 428.64 points. Great delusion for Russian Dmitriy Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov,
on the sixth position at the end of the competition.

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