Tokyo Olympics: China’s diving ‘Dream Team’ off to perfect start as Shi Tingmao, Wang Han win women’s synchro gold

Shi and Wang win Sunday’s synchronised 3m springboard final, with Canada taking silver and Germany bronze

China have high hopes for a clean sweep of gold medals across all diving events in Japan

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Shi Tingmao and Wang Han of China in action in the women’s diving synchronised 3m springboard final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: EPA

Published: 3:49pm, 25 Jul 2021Updated: 11:17am, 26 Jul 2021

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After a golden Saturday, China continued their strong start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the “Dream Team” diving squad winning Sunday’s women’s synchronised 3-metre springboard final.

Shi Tingmao (left) and Wang Han of China pose with their gold medals after the women’s diving synchronised 3m springboard final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua

China are hoping for a clean sweep of gold medals across the diving events, and Shi Tingmao and Wang Han got things off to the perfect start, leading from the first round before securing the title with 326.40 points.

The pair performed an inward two-and-a-half somersaults pike with a 3.0 degree of difficulty for their last dive, and earned scores ranging from 8.0 to 9.0.

Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu took silver with 300.78 points, while bronze went to Germany’s Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel on 284.97.

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