One day after Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell won the competitors to be the very best non-Chinese scuba divers in an integrated occasion at these Olympic Games, Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon did the very same in the guys’s integrated 3m springboard.
The Americans even put a small scare into the Chinese set of Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi, publishing the very best rating on the fifth of 6th dives to move with 13.20 points. But Wang and Xie left no doubt on their awesome forward 4 1/2-somersault tuck dive, scoring more than 10 points greater than the U.S. set on the very same dive.
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Capobianco and Hixon began gradually and stood in 5th location after 2 dives. Their next 2 dives, however, were 2nd just to the Chinese, instantly moving them to 2nd. On the 5th dive, they put some range in between themselves and Mexico’s Yahel Castillo and Juan Manuel Celaya.
The Mexican scuba divers failed on their 6th and last dive, leaving the door open for Germany’s Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger to take bronze.
Capobianco, who has actually won the last 2 NCAA champions and has another year of eligibility at Indiana, will likewise complete in the specific springboard occasion next week. Hixon overlapped with Capobianco, completing his college profession in 2018.
Hixon won his 2nd straight silver medal in case after teaming with Sam Dorman in 2016. The U.S. likewise took bronze in this occasion in 2012 with Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen.
