Only behind the superpowers China and the United States, the Mexican divers Gabriela Agúndez and Gabriela Orozco took the Olympic podium of the synchronized platform and gave their country the bronze medal, the second it achieved in Tokyo 2020 after that of the mixed team of archery.
For Orozco it is the second Olympic medal after the silver medal was obtained in this same discipline with Paola Espinosa.
The Chinese Yuxi Chen Jiai Zhang prevailed with 364.78 points, ahead of the 310.80 of the Americans Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell. The Mexicans scored 299.70, after going lower than higher.
From the seventh place they occupied after the second jump they went back to the fifth in the next jump, then to the fourth and finally, with a double and a half back with a turn and a half that deserved their best mark, 71.04, they entered the podium.
The Tokyo Aquatic Center was the scene of a competition full of emotions, because until the last jump the Mexican women were in fourth place; A mistake by the Japanese duet filled Ale and Gaby with joy, who ascended to third place.
