Less than five months after Chinese divers won nine of 10 gold medals at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia, the country is doing similar in Bangkok.

Today, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist Lao Lishi won the women's 10-meter platform and Peng Bo and Luo Yutong finished one-two in the men's 3-meter springboard. That followed up Zhang Xinhua's win yesterday in the men's 1-meter event.

Peng and Zhang combined later today to win the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard, giving China its fourth diving gold of the Games.

The dive wins helped China, host of the Beijing Olympics in less than a year, move past Russia and into first place in the gold medal race. China, which has 30 golds, is expected to add to its total when four more dive events are contested on the final day tomorrow.

Australia won gold in women's basketball, beating Russia 85-65 in the final. After losing its opening game to Brazil, Australia won five in a row to take the title.

University of Hawai'i senior Tanya Smith, a Western Athletic Conference first-team pick last season, had one point, one rebound, one assist and a block in the win.

"We played our best game of the tournament when it mattered," Australia coach Carrie Graf said. "We proved that we were typical of an Aussie team. We played great defense and were relentlessly persistent."

Sam Richards, a member of the Australian Olympic team, scored a game-high 26 points to go with eight rebounds, four steals and three assists. Guard Jess Foley added 21 points and point guard Nat Hurst 15.

Chinese Taipei beat the U.S. women's team 71-62 to take fifth place. Tsai Pei-chen led Chinese Taipei with 16 while Danielle Burgin had 18 for the Americans, represented by the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

The United States men's basketball team, represented by the University of Northern Iowa, beat Israel 63-57 to finish in ninth place. Lithuania plays Serbia in the men's gold medal game tomorrow.

Danielle McVeigh of Ireland won the women's golf gold, shooting a 4-over 76 today in the final round to finish the tournament at 4-over 292.

Diana Cantu of Mexico finished four strokes back to win the silver, closing with a 71 today, while Hiroko Ayada of Japan took the bronze, shooting a 73 and finishing another stroke back overall.

Mexico won gold in the tight women's team competition, finishing with a 601 aggregate total, one better than Ireland.

The United States took the bronze, another stroke back. American Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana had a closing 71, Mary Ellen Jacobs 75 and Selanee Henderson 85.

Tangtiphaiboontana, whose parents were born in Thailand, rebounded from an opening-round 83.

"It has been a great experience," she said. "The people here have just been amazing — I've never experienced such warmth from such a huge amount of people."

In men's golf, Chen Ming-chuan of Chinese Taipei shot a final-round 5-under 67 to win the individual gold with a four-round total of 7-under 281. Charles Ford of Britain and was second at 2-under 286 after a 71 today, while Yuki Usami of Japan won the bronze.

Thailand took the team gold medal, Mexico the silver and Japan the bronze. The U.S. team was sixth overall — Ryan Brehm shot a final-round 72, Aaron Goldberg 74 and Braxton Marquez 73.

North Korea won the women's soccer gold, beating Russia 1-0, and Ukraine defeated Italy 1-0 in the men's soccer final.

Unbeaten Canada scored five runs in its last at-bat — the bottom of the seventh inning — to beat Chinese Taipei 5-4 in the softball gold medal final.

Chinese Taipei, which beat Japan 7-0 earlier today to advance to the final, went ahead 3-0 after the first inning and led 4-0 before Canada staged its late rally.

Montenegro beat Italy 11-8 to win the men's water polo gold medal, while Hungary edged Spain 9-8 to take bronze.