Synchronized jumps from the women’s tower were also dominated at the Olympic Games by the sixth Chinese competitor. In Tokyo, world champions Chen Yi-si and Chang Jia-chi won with a sovereign lead of almost 50 points over the American duo Jessica Parratt, Delaney Schnell. The Mexicans Gabriela Agúndezová Garcíaová and Alejandra Orozcová Lozaová won the bronze.
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Chen Yi-si and Chang Jia-chi
Aleksandra Szmigiel, Reuters
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The Chinese national team has been in charge of synchronized leaps from the tower since the premiere of the discipline under five circles in Sydney in 2000. Fifteen-year-old Chen Yu-si, who won gold in the individual competition at the World Championships in 2019, and Chang Jiaqi, who is two years older. in synchronized jumps with another partner, today they did not give the opponents a chance.
They kept in the lead from the first to the last fifth attempt. They even won two dozen for making the second jump. Parratt and Schnell won silver during their second start together.
| XXXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics: |
| Jumps to water: |
| Women’s 10m Synchro Tower: |
| 1. Chen Yuxi, Chang Jiaqi (China) 363.78, |
| 2. Parrattová, Schnellová (USA) 310.80, |
| 3. Garcíaová, Lozaová (Mex.) 299.70, |
| 4. Benfeitová, McKayová (Kan.) 299,16, |
| 5. Punzelová, Wassenová (Něm.) 292.86, |
| 6. Araiová, Itahašiová (JPN) 291,42, |
| 7. Cheng, Toulson (Brit.) 289.26, |
| 8. Leongová, Pamgová (Malay.) 277.98. |
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