Mexican Divers Win Olympic Silver in Synchronized Diving
Mexican divers Osmar Olvera and Juan Manuel Celaya secured silver in the synchronized 3m springboard at Paris 2024, marking Mexico's first Olympic medal in the event. Their impressive performance, highlighted by exceptional synchronicity, positioned them on the podium behind China.
Divers Osmar Olvera and Juan Manuel Celaya wrote their names in the history books of Mexican sports by joining the list of Olympic medalists, after climbing the podium with the silver medal in the synchronized diving event from the springboard in Paris 2024, with a score of 444.03, in a competition held at the Aquatic Center of the French capital.
On their way to the podium, Olvera and Celaya posted partial times of 49.80 (201B), 46.80 (301B), 82.62 (5154B), 85.68 (407C), 84.36 (109C) and 94.77 (5156B), to climb to second place on the podium in what was the first medal for Mexico in its record in this event since synchronized diving was incorporated into the competitive calendar in the 2000 Sydney edition.
