<p>China stretched their remarkable 100 per cent Olympic record in women's synchronised 10m platform diving thanks to two fearless teenagers on Tuesday.</p>.<p>China came into the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games hoping for a clean sweep of diving golds, but they were stunned by British duo Tom Daley and Matty Lee on Monday.</p>.<p>Normal service was resumed however as Chen Yuxi, who is just 15, and 17-year-old diving partner Zhang Jiaqi romped to a comfortable gold with 363.78 points at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.</p>.<p>The Chinese have won the women's synchronised 10m platform gold at every Olympics since its debut at Sydney in 2000. Tuesday's gold was number six in the event.</p>.<p>Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell of the United States won silver in a distant second (310.80 points), with bronze going to Mexico's Gabriela Agundez and Alejandra Orozco (299.70).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/thanks-grandad-china-win-first-diving-gold-of-tokyo-games-1012692.html" target="_blank">Thanks grandad! China win first diving gold of Tokyo Games</a></strong></p>.<p>Asked by <em>AFP</em> afterwards if they had felt any nerves at all, the Chinese teenagers turned to look at each other and then said in unison: "No."</p>.<p>But Chen, a world champion in the individual event when she was only 13, cautioned that "I hope we are not one-time wonders.</p>.<p>"From a very, very young age I planted this seed and knew this was my dream."</p>.<p>Zhang, world champion in the synchronised platform in 2019, said that being younger has advantages and disadvantages.</p>.<p>Canada's Meaghan Benfeito, who narrowly missed out on a fourth Olympic medal, is twice as old as the Chinese pair at age 32.</p>.<p>"We are short and light, and this means that our entry (into the water) is better than the others," said Zhang.</p>.<p>"Our weakness is that we are inexperienced. They have much more experience, we only have one world championship."</p>.<p>China took gold on the first day of diving, in women's synchronised 3m springboard, before Daley and Lee pipped the Chinese to the men's synchronised 10m platform crown.</p>.<p>That ruined the hopes of the Chinese diving squad — nicknamed the "Dream Team" back home — who had ambitions of carrying off all eight golds in the Japanese capital.</p>.<p>At the Rio 2016 Games they won seven of the eight diving titles -- Britain took the other.</p>
<p>China stretched their remarkable 100 per cent Olympic record in women's synchronised 10m platform diving thanks to two fearless teenagers on Tuesday.</p>.<p>China came into the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games hoping for a clean sweep of diving golds, but they were stunned by British duo Tom Daley and Matty Lee on Monday.</p>.<p>Normal service was resumed however as Chen Yuxi, who is just 15, and 17-year-old diving partner Zhang Jiaqi romped to a comfortable gold with 363.78 points at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.</p>.<p>The Chinese have won the women's synchronised 10m platform gold at every Olympics since its debut at Sydney in 2000. Tuesday's gold was number six in the event.</p>.<p>Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell of the United States won silver in a distant second (310.80 points), with bronze going to Mexico's Gabriela Agundez and Alejandra Orozco (299.70).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/thanks-grandad-china-win-first-diving-gold-of-tokyo-games-1012692.html" target="_blank">Thanks grandad! China win first diving gold of Tokyo Games</a></strong></p>.<p>Asked by <em>AFP</em> afterwards if they had felt any nerves at all, the Chinese teenagers turned to look at each other and then said in unison: "No."</p>.<p>But Chen, a world champion in the individual event when she was only 13, cautioned that "I hope we are not one-time wonders.</p>.<p>"From a very, very young age I planted this seed and knew this was my dream."</p>.<p>Zhang, world champion in the synchronised platform in 2019, said that being younger has advantages and disadvantages.</p>.<p>Canada's Meaghan Benfeito, who narrowly missed out on a fourth Olympic medal, is twice as old as the Chinese pair at age 32.</p>.<p>"We are short and light, and this means that our entry (into the water) is better than the others," said Zhang.</p>.<p>"Our weakness is that we are inexperienced. They have much more experience, we only have one world championship."</p>.<p>China took gold on the first day of diving, in women's synchronised 3m springboard, before Daley and Lee pipped the Chinese to the men's synchronised 10m platform crown.</p>.<p>That ruined the hopes of the Chinese diving squad — nicknamed the "Dream Team" back home — who had ambitions of carrying off all eight golds in the Japanese capital.</p>.<p>At the Rio 2016 Games they won seven of the eight diving titles -- Britain took the other.</p>
