Teenagers Chen Yuxi, 15, and Zhang Jiaqi, 17, secured a dominant gold for China in the women’s 10m synchronized platform diving on Tuesday to maintain the country’s perfect record in the event.
China has won gold in this event at every Olympics since its debut at Sydney in 2000.
The Chinese pair ended with a majestic score of 363.78, more than 50 points ahead of silver medalists Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell from the United States.
Parratto and Schnell’s medal was the US’ very first in this event.
Bronze went to Mexico’s Gabriela Agundez and Alejandra Orozco who finished on 299.70.