China survived pressure from the United States to make it a hat-trick of diving gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday and underline their supremacy in the sport. Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi led from start to finish to win the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final with 467.82 points. Silver went to the Americans Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon (444.36 points) and Germany’s Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger won bronze (404.73 points). There was disappointment for reigning champions Britain, who finished second from last, while the Russians were looking good for bronze before a failed final dive left them bottom of the pile.
