体坛英语新闻：S. Korea tops medal tally with four shooting golds at Universiade

GWANGJU, South Korea, July 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korea jumped to the top of the medal table with 10 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals and thanks to its shooters as they won four gold medals at the Gwangju Universiade on Monday.

The South Korean shooters made the clean sweep in the men's 50m pistol and women's 25m pistol team and individual titles. And their judokas also contributed two gold medals on Monday.

Chinese coach Zhang Jianwei said he was not much surprised with the results. "South Korean shooters are doing good in air pistols in the last couple of years. I have to admit that we're the traditional pace-setters, but now we're in a position to chase up the South Koreans," said Zhang.

In the diving pool, Peng Jianfeng of China won his second gold in three days. Peng led with superb dives and took the gold with 450.40 points in the men's 1-meter springboard. His teammate Zhang Xinghao clinched the silver with 397.10 points while Briadam Herrera of the United States scored 387.75 points for the bronze.

"I had a steady performance today. I really enjoy the life here, and I like chatting with other friends in the Athletes' Village," said Peng, also a member in the national team in China.

"I don't have specific plan after the Universiade, but I hope I can have more chances to compete abroad," he added.

Peng's compatriot Wanng Ying/Wang Han took the bronze medal with a total of 281.82 points in the women's 10-meter platform synchro as Carol-Ann Ware/Celina Jayne Toth of Canada clinched the gold medal. Ko Eunji/Moon Nayun of South Korea enjoyed home advantage to score 281.88 points for the silver.

"We made some mistakes in the last two dives. I felt sorry that my partner didn't win a gold medal," said Wang Ying, winner in the women's 10-meter platform on Sunday.

The United States again won three gold medals from swimming pool and that makes it the biggest winner of the event with seven gold medals.

In the women's football, China squandered at least seven scoring chances and was denied a penalty kick to lose 3-0 to Brazil. But China still qualified for the knockout stage and will next face Japan.

Japan also had a harvest day on Monday as it won four gold medals to rank second with 9 golds in total.

Japan's gold came from rowing (two) and one each from swimming and judo.

China ranks third on medal table with 8 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals.