Tian/Yang win men's synchronized 10m platform gold

Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui won China's second gold medal in diving from the men's synchronized 10m platform at the 28th Olympic Games on Saturday.

Earlier Guo Jingjing and Wu Mingxia claimed the first diving gold in the women's synchronized 3m springboard.

Tian/Yang led the diving from the second round, finishing with 383.88 points, more than 12 points ahead of Britain's Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor.

The Britons were the surprise of the night, beating reigning world champions Matthew Helm and Robert Newbery of Australia, who settled for bronze.

The silver was Britain's first diving Olympic medal in 44 years.

Tian surrendered gold medal of this event in the Sydney Olympics, finishing a disappointing second, although he claimed the title in the men's singles platform.

"We lost the title four years ago, which makes the win sweeter," said Tian. "All our hard training in the past four years has been rewarded."

Tian, widely reported in China as Guo Jingjing's boyfriend, was delighted that they ended the opening day's competition with two golds for China.

"I feel so pround as a Chinese," he said.

Results of men's synchronized 10m platform finals

1. Tian Liang/Yang Jinghui, China, 383.88 points

2. Peter Waterfield/Leon Taylor, Britain, 371.52

3. Mathew Helm/Robert Newbery, Australia, 366.84

4. Roman Volodkov/Anton Zakharov, Ukraine, 357.66

5. Philippe Comtois/Alexandre Despatie, Canada, 351.90

6. Dmitry Dobroskok/Gleb Galperin, Russia, 348.60

7. Sotirios Trakas/Ioannis Gavriilidis, Greece, 331.44

8. Mark Ruiz/Kyle Prandi, United States, 325.44

Source: Xinhua