China took a record-extending fourth Olympic gold medal within the males’s synchronised 3m springboard with a convincing win by Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi.
TOKYO, July 28 (Xinhua) — Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi gained China an Olympic gold medal within the males’s synchronised 3m springboard with 467.82 factors right here on Wednesday, 23.46 factors forward of the second-placed United States.
“We’re very pleased to get the gold medal. We did not practise collectively for lengthy, however from the second we met, we understood one another in a short time and really nicely, so there have been no issues for us,” stated Xie.
With the gold, China gained a record-extending fourth Olympic gold medal within the occasion, and the primary since 2012.
“I have been ready for this second for 9 years. I used to be so proud of our good timing. I’ve loads of feelings in my head proper now,” stated Wang.
That is 19-year-old Wang’s first Olympic Video games. “To take part in an Olympic Video games for the primary time was not so exhausting for me. It felt a little bit bit completely different, however I knew I needed to do what I do nicely, and I did.”
Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon completed runners-up for the USA, taking the nation’s third consecutive Olympic silver medal within the occasion.
Germany’s Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger took bronze with 404.73 factors. Hausding grew to become the primary diver representing Germany to win a minimum of three Olympic medals, having claimed silver within the synchronised 10m platform in 2008 and bronze within the particular person 3m springboard in 2016.
China gained all of the diving golds at Rio 2016 besides the boys’s synchronised 3m springboard. That gold went to Britain, with China taking bronze.