China’s Lin Yue and Chen Aisen won gold in men’s 10 metre synchronised diving at the Rio Games, keeping alive the country’s goal of a clean sweep in all eight events.

The world champion Chinese duo were the favourites to win, but it was the first time they have dived together at an Olympics.

Steele Johnson and David Boudia, of the United States, took the silver medal. Britain’s Thomas Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won bronze, edging out a German duo on their last dive.

Across six dives, China scored highest in every dive but one.

“I won’t say it was perfect, but we really did our best,” said Lin, 25, who also won a gold medal in the 10 metre synchronised event at the 2008 Beijing Games with another partner, Huo Liang.

With this performance, Lin became the first diver to win repeat Olympic gold medals in the event.

The Chinese duo won by a wide margin, earning a final score of 496.98 points.

The US team ended with 457.11 points.

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