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Drury University swimmer Wen Xu remembered in emotional memorial service

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Wen Xu had a tattoo on her bicep.

The Chinese symbols were supposed to read, “All or nothing.” But in a translation error, it said, “Nothing or all.”

Error or not, it’s a message that will live on in the memory of friends and family.

Wen, a swimmer at Drury University, died after suffering a medical emergency and collapsing at a team practice on Feb. 2. She was remembered in an emotional memorial service on Tuesday afternoon at a full Clara Thompson Hall.