New Canadian diving duo Nathan Zsombor-Murray, Rylan Wiens earn world bronze

It may be the beginning of a beautiful diving partnership.

New Canadian duo Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens, with few training sessions together, racked up 417.12 points over six dives to earn a bronze medal in the men's 10-metre platform synchro final on Tuesday at the world aquatics championships.

Earlier this month, they stood atop the podium following a 436.56-point performance at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Calgary.

"Synchronized diving comes easily to us," Zsombor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que., told reporters in Calgary. "We're both strong as individual competitors, so when we dive together, everything flows well."

The Canadians held a 20.85-point lead over Kirill Boliukh and Oleksii Sereda of Ukraine entering their final dive in Budapest, Hungary, and amassed 79.68 points on back 2 ½ somersaults 1 ½ twists to secure bronze after their opponent posted the identical score.

BRONZE for Canada's Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray