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Article: Russia rout Chinese Taipei for top 12 of women's basketball worlds
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 16, 2002
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Russia rout Chinese Taipei for top 12 of women's basketball worlds
ZHANGJIAGANG, East China, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia had to
overcome a 10-0 slow start to beat Chinese Taipei 83-46 in their last
Group C match at the women's world basketball championship here on
Monday.
Russia will join the United States and Lithuania to enter the top
12 while Chinese Taipei will compete to decide the 13th to 16th
positions.
The two teams went scoreless in the first three minutes before
Chinese Taipei bursted away with 10 straight points in the next two
minutes.
Russian fought strongly in the rest of the first half and turned
the tide to lead 18-16 at the end of the first quarter.
The Russia found ...