South Korean divers Kim Na-hyun (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Moon Na-yoon (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office) earned a bronze medal in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The duo scored a total of 276.90 points in the final held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on September 26, securing third place.
Starting strong, they placed second in the first round with 48.00 points, followed by 46.80 points in the second round and 63.84 points in the third. However, a mistake by Kim Na-hyun in the fourth round resulted in a score of 53.94, dropping them to fourth place. In the final round, they executed a dive with a degree of difficulty of 3.2 flawlessly, earning 64.32 points.
With a total of 276.90 points, Kim and Moon outperformed Malaysia's Pandelila Rinong and Nur Dhabitah Sabri, who finished fourth with 247.29 points, by 29.61 points to claim the bronze.
The gold medal was awarded to China's Chen Yuxi and Lu Wei, who scored 347.82 points, while the silver went to North Korea's Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae, who scored 317.64 points and are also silver medalists from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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