China claims first diving gold of Budapest worlds

"I'm pretty happy with the result today. This is my first international event after winning the Olympic gold. And it's my first time to compete in the synchro diving in World Championships. The gold means a lot to me. A little bit of pity in the final attempt, but anyway, we can do better next time," Wang explained.

China has finished no lower than second on the podium of the men's 3m springboard synchronized event while taking nine of the 11 golds so far on offer.

The only two years they failed to win gold, they picked up silver: Wang Tianling/Wang Feng (2003) and Cao Yuan/Xie Siyi (2017), both losing to the Russians.

And only Chinese divers have won multiple gold medals in this event at the world championships: Qin Kai (5), Wang Feng (3), Cao Yuan (2) and He Chong (2).