News China easily won its second gold medal in diving at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, dominating the men's 10-metre synchronised event while showing the rest of the world how to barely make a splash  Chen Aisen and Lin Yue totalled 496 98 points on Monday, cruising to victory by 39 87 points US team-mates David Boudia and Steele Johnson took silver at 457 11 while Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow of Great Britain rallied to claim bronze in 445 45 All smiles: (from left) the medalists David Boudia, Steele Johnson, Chen Aisen, Tom Daley, Lin Yue and Daniel Goodfellow China is aiming to sweep the eight diving events in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in the Olympics A day earlier, the Chinese won the women's 3m synchro title  Chen and Lin were especially impressive on their final two dives, totaling the most points of any team in both rounds  China, the United States and Britain all performed the same dive in the fifth round, a forward 4½ somersaults tuck that carries one of the highest degrees of difficulty   Goodfellow and Daley won bronze with the final dive of the competition (Rio 2016/Miriam Jeske) The Americans went first, scoring 85 47 points China was next, with Chen and Lin putting on a clinic with a score of 106 56 They plunged into the water off the 33-foot tower with very little splash and earned a perfect 10 for synchronisation The final dive came from Daley and Goodfellow whose 92 13 score was good enough to move them from fifth to third after the German duo of Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein performed a less difficult dive that earned fewer points and dropped them to fourth In the last round, the Americans and Chinese did the same dive, a back 2½ somersaults with 2½ twists pike only slightly less difficult than their previous one  Boudia and Johnson went first, scoring 95 04 points with marks as high as 9 0  Chen and Lin did even better, hitting the water in unison and being rewarded with 9 5s and 9 0s Lin earned his first gold in the event since 2008, when he and Huo Liang teamed to win synchro platform in their home country He didn't compete in the event four years ago in London  Cheng and Lin hit the water (Getty Images/Al Bello) With lots of Chinese flags and fans in the stands, the crowd booed heartily when it saw the judges' marks for Chen and Lin in the fourth round Fans didn't think the scores ranging from 8 0 to 8 5 were nearly high enough, but it hardly mattered  Chen and Lin were in front from the start of the six-round final and never faltered Olympic Games tickets are available to buy on the Rio 2016 portal Cassidy Krug of the United States competes in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving Semifinal Photo: Getty Images / Clive Rose Kristian Ipsen and Troy Dumais of the United States practise prior to the Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Adam Pretty Alejandra Orozco Loza and Paola Espinosa Sanchez of Mexico compete in the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Diving in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Clive Rose Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang of China practise ahead of the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Clive Rose Tania Cagnotto (Bottom) Francesca Dallape of Italy compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard final in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Clive Rose Brittany Broben of Australia competes in the Women's 10m Platform Diving Semifinal in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Adam Pretty Bo Qui of China competes in the Men's 10m Platform Diving Semifinal in London 2012 Photo: Getty Images / Adam Pretty Hugo Parisi of Brazil competes in the Men's 10m Platform Diving Preliminary Photo: Getty Images / Al Bello