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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine will forever be linked as the top two selections in last springs NHL draft, and the rivalry between the two -- whether they like it or not -- officially starts Wednesday night at the MTS Centre.Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Winnipeg Jets for their first battle of the season. There is no question Matthews, an Arizona-born center, made the bigger splash thus far, albeit over a two-game body of work.The 19-year-old scored a quartet of goals in his first NHL game, a 5-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators, becoming the first player in league history to accomplish such a feat. Laine followed up the next evening with a goal and an assist in a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.The duo cooled off since, with Matthews being held off the scoresheet in a 4-1 victory over Boston on Saturday while Laine posted a pair of goose eggs in losses to both the Minnesota Wild (4-3) and the Bruins (4-1).They dont award the Calder Trophy in October -- despite what many observers in Toronto seem to think -- so hockey fans can look forward to another six months of comparisons and dueling highlights. There are also a large number of other first-year players throughout the NHL who may have something to say about the end-of-year rookie hardware.Matthews, for one, isnt buying into the hype.Were on our own teams now, he told the Toronto Sun following practice Tuesday. Its not any comparison, not one against the other. Its just another game. We have 80 more of them. Its the Toronto Maple Leafs against Winnipeg Jets.Laine concurred, telling a media scrum on Tuesday that they will each follow their own careers.I dont need any rivalry between us. I just focus on my own job, the 18-year-old Finland native said.Whatever you say, fellas.Jets coach Paul Maurice and Leafs bench boss Paul Maurice are also quick to downplay the comparisons, noting Matthews is a center while Laine plays on the right wing.The dynamic duo will be far from the only rookies in this game. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinas dominance at the diving pool shows no signs of waning.Si Yajie and Ren Qian went 1-2 in the preliminaries of womens 10-meter platform Wednesday, setting themselves up to challenge for Chinas sixth diving gold medal of the Rio Olympics.Si scored no lower than 76.50 in any of the five rounds and posted the top score of 397.45 points. Ren was a bit off on her third dive but still claimed the second spot at 385.80.No one else was even close. Jessica Parratto of the United States took third at 346.80.The top 18 moved on to Thursdays semifinals.Reigning world champion Kim Kuk Hyang of North Korea wont be one of them. She stunningly failed to advance, finishing 25th out of 28 divers with just 263.20.Kims next-to-last dive was so over-rotated, she nearly did a belly flop entering the water. Her coaches grimaced as Kim climbed out of the pool, taking a quick bow before hustling off the deck. Her last dive was much better, but it didnt make much of a difference.The first aquatics world champion produced by her reclusive nation, Kim finisshed 26.dddddddddddd25 behind teammate Kim Un Hyang, who was the final qualifier.Two-time Olympic champion Chen Ruolin didnt get a chance to make it three in a row. In a sign of just how deep and strong the Chinese are in this sport, she wasnt even picked to compete individually off the tower, though she did win gold in the 10-meter synchronized event teaming with Liu Huixia.With Si and Ren, there appears to be little drop-off.Pandelela Rinong Pamg of Malaysia, bronze medalist in this event four years ago, advanced to the semis with the sixth-best score. She already won silver in 10-meter synchro at Rio, giving her a shot at becoming the first Malaysian athlete in any sport to capture three Olympic medals.Parrattos American teammate, Katrina Young, moved on as well after finishing 12th.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '