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In a bombshell for the Chinese diving team, one of China's biggest sports stars, two-time gold medal-winning diver Guo Jingjing, is pregnant and leaving the national team, according to some Chinese media reports. Here is the translation of a story from NetEase:

"During recent routine physical examinations of China's national swimming and diving team, Guo Jingjing was discovered to be pregnant. After consecutive nights of emergency meetings by relevant officials it was decided that the individual is most important and the athlete's personal choice would be respected; it was agreed that Guo Jingjing would leave the team....