China Wins Synchronized Platform Gold, US Earns Silver

Great Britain's Thomas Daley and Daniel Goodfellow took the bronze

Chen Aisen and Lin Yue of China won the gold medal on Monday in the men's synchronized 10m platform event at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro.

American's David Boudia and Steele Johnson turned in a strong performance to score 457.11 points and secure the silver medal. China finished nearly 40 points ahead with 496.98, according to NBCOlympics.com.

Great Britain's Thomas Daley and Daniel Goodfellow edged Germany's Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein on their final dive to secure the bronze medal by 6.03 points.

Chen and Lin received a number of 10s from the judges in both execution and synchronization for the fifth dive -- a forward 4.5 somersault that carried an degree of difficulty of 3.7 and earned them 106.56.

The silver medal is the first for 20-year-old American Johnson, coming in his first event. It's the third Olympic medal for Boudia, who partnered with Nick McCrory in 2012 to win bronze in the synchronized platform and is defending champion in individual platform.

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