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April Ross, left, of the United States, greets teammate, Alex Klineman, during a woman s beach volleyball match against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Chase Kalisz, of the United States, celebrates winning the final of the men s 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Ahmed Hafnaoui, of Tunisia, celebrates after winning the final of the men s 400-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
Martin Meissner - staff, AP
Yui Ohashi, of Japan, celebrates after winning the final of the women s 400-meter Individual medleyat the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
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China has captured the first diving gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics.
Shi Tingmao and Wang Han romped to victory in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event with 326.40 points, starting what is expected to be another dominating performance by Chinese divers at these games. They have won 37 of 48 gold medals at the last seven Olympics.
Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu of Canada took the silver at 300.78. The bronze went to Germany’s Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel with 284.97.
The Chinese women have not lost an Olympic diving event since 2004. This is their fifth straight victory in the synchronized springboard, their only loss coming when the event debuted at the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Australia has won the Olympic women s 4x100m freestyle relay gold medal at the Tokyo Games in a world-record time.
Flagbearer Cate Campbell, her sister Bronte, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris torched their opposition to win Sunday s final in three minutes 29.69 seconds at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The time bettered Australia s previous world benchmark of 3:30.05 set at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The comprehensive victory - almost three seconds ahead of silver medallists Canada - delivers Australia a third consecutive Olympic title in the event. This is the third Olympics in a row that Australia has won this event and that in itself needs to be celebrated, Campbell said.