Peerless: China’s Cao Yuan competes in the men’s 10m platform final. — AFP
TOKYO: China finished off the single greatest diving performance in Olympic history, when Cao Yuan outduelled his teammate to win the men’s 10m platform title, giving the Chinese gold medals in seven of eight events at the Tokyo Games.
China’s 12 diving medals tied the record for most won in the sport at a single Olympics. The US also won 12 at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, when the Americans swept all four events and nine of the 28 divers were from the host country.
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