Diving: China's Quan and Chen claim gold in women's synchronised 10m platform

PARIS: China's Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi won gold in the women's synchronised 10-metre platform event on Wednesday (Jul 31), extending the country's winning streak in diving.

The pair established their lead in the first round and finished with 359.10 points.

North Korea's Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae took silver with 315.90 and Britain's Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson won bronze with 304.38.

Quan and Chen, both second-time Olympians, won the synchronised gold medal for the first time as a pair.

Their victory came as little surprise given that 17-year-old Quan and Chen, 18, have won the last three world championship titles together since teaming up in 2022.

The pair dominated Wednesday’s event from the beginning, taking a lead of nearly 15 points after the first two dives, but neither was satisfied with their performance despite the win.

"I'm not happy about our performance. All the dives were mediocre," Quan told reporters.

"Before the event I felt a bit nervous and some pressure. I didn't manage these emotions well," Chen said.

"My performance was a bit unstable and I didn't handle some of the details in the dives well," she added. "It was the Olympics after all. Who wouldn't feel the pressure?"

North Korea's 19-year-old Jo and 23-year-old Kim were little known before this year. The pair, who took second place in the Doha World Championships in February, were also critical of their own performance on Wednesday.

"“We are not satisfied with the silver medal. We really wanted to give gold to our country but the performance was not done as we expected, as we tried, so we have some regrets about it. But we are still happy and excited," said Kim.

Canada's Caeli McKay and Kate Miller, who were ranked third before the final