Canada's Zsombor-Murray, Wiens book Olympic men's diving spot at aquatics worlds

One job is done for Canada's Rylan Wiens.

The 22-year-old diver teamed with Nathan Zsombor-Murray on a fifth-place finish at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday, clinching a Paris Olympic spot in the process.

Wiens and Zsombor-Murray totalled 388.20 points across their six dives in the men's synchronized 10-metre platform event, less than 20 points behind Ukrainian bronze medallists Oleksii Sereda and Kirill Boliukh at 406.47.

China's Junjie Lian and Hao Yang ran away with gold at 470.76 points, while Great Britain's Thomas Daley and Noah William claimed silver at 422.37.

"I was super nervous the whole time. But we both held it together and did what we needed to do. There's no one I'd rather be diving synchro with than this dude right here," Wiens said, gesturing toward Zsombor-Murray.

WATCH | Wiens, Zsombor-Murray punch Olympic ticket:

Calgary's Wiens is still seeking an individual berth to Paris, which he can clinch in a competition also featuring Zsombor-Murray. That event begins Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET with live streaming available on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

Zsmobor-Murray already earned his Olympic qualification.

"Obviously I gotta open that [second] spot for Canada. Same mentality, obviously same nervousness but I know I can do it and I'm just going to keep riding the wave we've got going now," Wiens said.

WATCH | Full replay of 10m synchro final:

Meanwhile, Canada's quest for Olympic qualification in women's water polo hit a speedbump, missing a chance to advance directly to the quarterfinals.

Claudia Marletta scored four goals to lead Italy to a 12-8 win over Canada in Doha.

"Definitely disappointing that we weren't able to get the win in the end," said Canada's Emma Wright.