Xiong Ni, Xiao Hailiang of China Win Synchronized Diving Gold

Xiong Ni, Xiao Hailiang of China Win Synchronized Diving Gold

China won another gold medal in the Olympic diving tournament when Xiong Ni teamed up with XiaoHailiang to clinch the gold medal of synchronized diving men's 3m springboard.

Xiong and Xiao totalled 365.58 points from five dives, beating Dmitri Saoutine and Alexandre Dobroskok of Russia to the second place at 329.97.

Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar of Australia took the bronze medal with a total of 322.86 points.

The final was not as close as expected as the Chinese duo led from the very beginning of the contest.

They established a lead of 5.40 points after the first two dives. They soon pulled away to lead by 31.65 points with two dives of 79.98 and 86.70 points.

The Russian pair failed to perform to their level and made a mistake in their third dive, garnering only 69.75 points. They were also outpointed in the last dive, collecting 85.14 points to their Chinese opponents' 89.10.

It was second consecutive defeat for Dmitri Saoutine. The Russian was beaten in the men's individual 3m springboard on Tuesday.