Olympics-Diving-Chinese women win first gold as they begin bid for clean sweep

By Kane Wu

PARIS (Reuters) – Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani began China’s bid to capture all eight diving golds on offer by winning the women’s synchronised 3-metre springboard event on Saturday.

First-time Olympians Chen and Chang, who arrived in Paris having won three consecutive world titles, finished on 337.68 points.

(Reporting by Kane Wu, editing by Pritha Sarkar)