China continues gold streak in Olympic diving

 LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenage divers¹ won the men's 10m platform synchro final on Monday, carrying on China's gold streak² in diving competitions at the London Olympics.

Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan, 16 and 17 respectively³, resisted pressure from a British duo who were cheered on by home fans, as well as other chasers in the final, to amass⁴ 486.78 points for victory.

Mexican pair German Sanchez Sanchez and Ivan Garcia Navarro, seventh-placed in the event at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, collected 468.90 to take a silver. The bronze medal went to American duo Nicholas McCrory and David Boudia who were fifth at the Shanghai Worlds in 463.47.

Host divers Thomas Daley and Peter Waterfield led for the first three of the six dives. However, their flaw⁵ in the fourth and fifth moves killed their chances for the gold and they fell out of the podium with a fourth place.

German duo Patrick Hausding and Sasha Klein, silver medalists in the Beijing Olympics and the 2011 World Championships, had a disappointing performance in the final and merely got a seventh place out of the eight competitors.

It is the second event of the Olympic diving competitions running from July 29 to August 11. Chinese Wu Minxia and He Zi pocketed the women's 3m springboard gold on Sunday.

1 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

2 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 respectively   

adv.各自地，独自地，个别地，分别地

参考例句：

• They finished first and second respectively.他们分获一二名。
• In this machine which items make up the software and the hardware respectively?在机器中，哪几项分别构成软件和硬件？

4 amass   

vt.积累，积聚

参考例句：

• How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢？
• The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。

5 flaw   

n.缺陷，瑕疵，裂缝；vt.使有缺陷，损害

参考例句：

• The flaw in this stamp makes it less valuable.这张邮票因为有点缺陷，不那么值钱。
• Jealousy is a big flaw in his character.嫉妒是他品格中的一个大缺点。