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Chinese double gold at WorldSkills

FRANCE: Kang Ruan of China and Sz-Yuan Chen of Chinese Taipei took the gold medals in refrigeration and air conditioning at tonight’s WorldSkills. Luke Haile of Great Britain won Bronze.

The three medal winners beat off competition from 21 other competitors from this week’s competition in Lyon to climb the winners’ rostrum at tonight’s awards ceremony at the OL Stadium, home of Olympique Lyonnais football club. 

The WorldSkills Competition, known as the skills Olympics, is the largest international skills competition held every two years in cities around the world.

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