July 31, 2024; Paris, France; Gold medalists Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan (China), silver medalists Jin Mi Jo and Mi Rae Kim (South Korea) and Bronze medalists Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson (GBR) take the rostrum on the Summer time Olympics on the Aquatics Centre. Obligatory Credit score: Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports activities PARIS — China’s Wang Zongyuan and Lengthy Daoyi defended their nation’s males’s synchronized three-meter springboard title on the Paris Olympics on Friday, claiming the nation’s fourth gold medal within the sport and persevering with its bid to compete within the 2024 diving competitors. The aim is to win titles in all eight diving occasions.
Mexico’s Juan Zelaya and Osmar Olvera received silver medals, whereas Britain’s Anthony Harding and Jake Lauer received bronze.
The Chinese language pair recovered from two questionable dives to solidify their lead with a near-perfect efficiency within the ultimate transfer. Their ultimate bounce resulted in a most rating of 95.76 factors and a ultimate rating of 446.10 factors.
“We’ve got by no means skilled such an intense, thrilling and troublesome sport. That is the primary time now we have confronted such a problem.” Wang informed reporters.
“We made some errors, however I informed him (Lengthy) to search out himself and carry out at a traditional stage and informed him there was nothing to be afraid of.”
Mexico, together with Crew GB, carried out probably the most troublesome dive of Friday’s competitors – a 2-1/2 somersault ahead in a pike place and three twists.
Zelaya and Olvera carried out properly in diving and took the lead within the fourth spherical, however did not defeat the Chinese language mixture and misplaced by solely 2.07 factors. The silver medal is Mexico’s first Olympic medal in males’s synchronized diving since London 2012.
“We’ve got a dream, a aim,” Olvera mentioned. “We virtually achieved that aim. We have been very near the Chinese language crew. After all, they don’t seem to be unbeatable, so we’re very, very pleased with our outcomes.”
Three years in the past, 22-year-old Wang Jianlin and his companion Xie Siyi received the gold medal within the 3-meter synchronized occasion in Tokyo. Since 2022, he has additionally dominated the person 3-meter springboard competitors.
Lang, who’s one 12 months youthful than him, has received the world championship in determine occasions since cooperating with Wang in early 2023, however in his Olympic debut, two dives led to his failure to compete.
“The primary two dives, I used to be somewhat scared, somewhat nervous, so I made errors,” Lengthy mentioned. “I used to be somewhat nervous the final two dives too.”
Wang Junkai and Mexico’s Olvera will as soon as once more compete within the males’s 3-meter particular person occasion.
In February this 12 months, Olvera received the gold medal in Doha, changing into the primary diver from a rustic apart from China to win the world championship within the 1 million springboard occasion prior to now 20 years.
He’ll search to deprive Wang Jianlin of his title after ending second to Chinese language divers in 4 world championships this 12 months.
Britain’s Lauger received gold within the 3-meter springboard occasion at Rio 2016, whereas Harding made her Olympic debut on Friday.
——Reuters, particularly for stay media
