Chinese pair Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan jump from the 10m platform. Photos: IC

Team China, known as the "Dream Team" of diving, took home two gold medals at the FINA Diving World Cup in Berlin on Friday, after victories from the Chinese pair Lian Junjie and Yang Hao in the men's 10-meter synchronized diving and their compatriots Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi in the women's 10-meter synchronized diving. 

According to CCTV, Lian and Yang led the competition from the beginning after completing 101B with a degree of difficulty (DD) of 2.0 in their first dive. 

The Chinese pair then finished 201B with a DD of 2.0 (54.60 points), 407C with a DD of 3.2 (87.56 points), 307C with a DD of 3.4 (75.48 points), 5253B with a DD of 3.2 (86.40 points) and 109C with a DD of 3.7 (88.80 points) in following five jumps.

Lian and Yang finally won the second gold for China with 444.84 points, with Timo Barthel and Lou Noel Guy Massenberg of Germany taking silver. Alejandro Solarte and Sebastian Villa Castaneda of Colombia got the bronze, CCTV reported. 

In the women's 10-meter synchronized final earlier, Quan and Chen completed 201B with a DD of 2.0, 301B with a DD of 2.0, 107B with a DD of 3.0, 407C with a DD of 3.2 and 5253B with a DD of 3.2 in their five dives. 

After scoring 53.40, 54.00, 79.20, 76.80 and 86.40 points, the Chinese pair secured a dominant victory with 349.80 points, claiming the first gold for China in the tournament.

Katrina Young and Nike Agunbiade won the silver medal with 261.54 points. They chose the same moves as Quan and Chen, but with the first two in different order.

Quan and Chen will compete in the women's 10-meter platform competitions on Saturday.

China sent a nine-member squad of world champions to compete in eight events, aiming to finish at the top of the podium in every event.

Global Times - Agencies