By Reinaldo Oliveros
02 Aug 2024, 08:44 AM EDT
The Mexican delegation adds its third medal in Paris 2024 with another silver medal. The Mexican duo Juan Manuel Celaya and Osmar Olvera won the silver medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event.
The Mexican athletes finished behind the unstoppable Chinese Daoyi Long and Zongyuan Wang, who added another gold for their country.
Celaya and Olvera completed the competition, held at the Aquatic Center in Paris, with a total of 444.03 pointswith the champions scoring 446.10, who confirmed the Chinese dominance. The British Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher rounded out the podium with 438.15.
Mexico gets third medal in Paris 2024
It is the third medal for the Mexican delegation in Paris 2024 after the silver of judoka Prisca Awiti and the women’s archery team made up of Angela Ruiz, Alejandra Valencia and Ana Vazquez.
Celaya, who was fourth in Tokyo 2020 alongside Yahel Castillo, and Olvera, world champion in Doha 2024 in the 1-metre springboard, confirmed the good sensations and magnificent results achieved in this Olympic cycle.
They started the competition at the Aquatic Center with a jump of 49.80 points that placed them in third positionThey dropped to sixth in the second, but climbed back to first place after the third and fourth.
From that moment on, the Chinese jumpers significantly raised their performance and left them no chance.
Although the Mexican divers kept up their form and They secured a very valuable silverthe first in this discipline of synchronized 3 meters.
This keeps the team on the Olympic podiums, since it ‘follows’ the bronze of Gabriela Agundez and Alejandra Orozco in synchronized 10-meter platform at Tokyo 2020.
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