08:28
2 years ago
Geoff Berkeley
at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo
Geoff Berkeley

Xie claims springboard gold as China continue diving dominance

Xie Siyi has claimed Olympic three-metre springboard gold as China continues its dominance in the diving competition at Tokyo 2020.

The four-time world champion registered a winning score of 558.75 to overcome fellow countryman Wang Zongyuan in a Chinese one-two and bag his second gold of the Games.

Wang clinched silver with 534.90, while Britain's Jack Laugher won his second Olympic medal in the event, scoring a bronze with a score of 518.00 to add to the silver he achieved at Rio 2016.

China has won gold at five of the six diving events so far in Tokyo.


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