(AGI) Kazan (Russia), Aug. 2 - Italian diver Tania Cagnottograbbed one gold and two bronze medals, closing her career'slast world championship as an undisputed champion. TaniaCagnotto, together with Maicol Verzotto, won the bronze medalin the mixed 3 m synchro springboard final at the SwimmingWorld Championships in Kazan, for the eighth time in hercareer, in the course of which she won 10 medals in worldchampionships and 25 in European championships. Cagnotto andVerzotto, who ranked first after the first round of dives,obtained a total of 315.30 points. They came immediately afterChina's Wang Han (1m springboard specialist and silver medalistin Shanghai 2011 and Barcelona 2013, where he also won a bronzemedal in 3m springboard dive) and Yang Hao (two-time Olympicchampion in Nanjing 2014), who obtained a score of 339.90points, and the Canadian pair formed by "vengeful" JenniferAbel and Francois Imbeau-Dulac with 317.01 points. "I'm reallyhappy. It is an indescribable feeling. We knew we could competefor something important. We kept focused up to the very end. Imust thank Tania for allowing me to compete for a specialmedal, my family for always supporting me and my girlfried forwaiting home for me, Giorgio Cagnotto, who has been training mefor 20 years, for always believing in me, including in the mostdifficult times, and Francesco Dell'Uomo, my synchro boardpartner, for helping me compete at such a high level, and allthose who contributed to help me win this wonderful medal,"said the Bressanone-born Verzotto, 27, and a member of theFiamme Oro and Bolzano Nuoto swimming clubs, while commentinghis career's first international win. Bolzano-born TaniaCagnotto, 30, who is trained by her father Giorgo and byfederal coach Oscar Bertone, is a member of the Fiamme Gialle,the sport section of the Italian finance police, Guardia diFinanza. She added: "This is my career's best worldchampionship. I couldn't possibly have closed my worldchampionship career in a better way. It is important to knowwhen to stop and I think the time has now come. Maicol was verygood. I was really confident and he was more up-tight about thecompetition. Although he is a board specialist, he was great athandling the springboard and coordinating our movements. Itmight appear strange but I don't feel particularly tired yet."(AGI) . .