Medal table | Olympic calendar | Olympic News
Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon hugged each other as soon as they got out of the pool after their fifth and final dive on Saturday morning.
They already knew they had probably done enough to secure America’s first medal at the Paris Olympics.
Cook and Bacon reached the final round of the women’s synchronized diving final in second place behind the Chinese team of Yani Chang and Yiwen Chen. The American duo needed a strong score to hold off teams from Australia and Great Britain in a tight battle for silver and bronze.
In the final round, Cook and Bacon took silver with a solid score of 70.20 points for their 2 ½ forward somersaults and a twisting jump. Great Britain’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen settled for bronze, 12 points behind the American duo. Australia’s Maddison Keeney and Annabelle Smith had a disappointing final round and finished in fifth place.
(tags to translate)Kassidy Cook
