Chinese divers Ren Qian, Lian Junjie win gold at worlds
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| China's Ren Qian/Lian Junjie (L) pose after winning the mixed 10m platform synchronised final of Diving at the 17th FINA World Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, on July 15, 2017. [Photo/VCG] |
Ren and Lian, who won all four meets at the FINA Diving World Series this season, produced a near flawless performance to rank first after each of the five dives for a total of 352.98 points.
Britain's Matthew Lee and Lois Toulson took silver with 323.28 points, while Kim Mi-rae and Hyon Il-myong won bronze for North Korea with 318.12 points.
Russia's Viktor Minibaev and Yulia Timoshinina were fourth, ahead of Canada's Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Meaghan Benfeito.
The women's 1-meter springboard final and men's 3-meter springboard synchronized finals take place later Saturday.
AP
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