China's top Olympic diver retires from pool

Chinese Olympic diver Wu Minxia became emotional after announcing her retirement during a ceremony to unveil the nominees of CCTV Sports Personality of 2015 in Beijing December 15, 2016.

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The 31-year-old springboard diver became the most successful Olympic diver with five gold medals from four consecutive Games from 2004 Athens Games and China's top multi-Olympic champion. Wu was awarded the female athlete of the year at the Laureus China Sport Award the same day.

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Wu Minxia is presented with jigsaw of her picture as gift from China's Olympic speed skater Yang Yang during the ceremony. Photo: Xinhua

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