Canadians Rylan Wiens, Nathan Zsombor-Murray win Olympic bronze in 10m synchro diving

It also represents the first Canadian men's diving medal since Alexandre Despatie's silver in 3m springboard in Beijing 16 years ago.

Divers Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray captured Canada's second bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday.

They scored 422.13 points behind China (490.35) and Great Britain (463.44) in the men's 10-metre platform synchronized final, the first time Canadians have medalled in the event at the Games.

It also represents the first Canadian men's diving medal since Alexandre Despatie's silver in 3m springboard in Beijing 16 years ago.

Wiens and Zsombor-Murray solidified their spot on the podium by scoring 79.68 points on the sixth and final dive — back 2 1/2 somersaults, 1 1/2 twists in the pike position.

They also came up big in the fourth round, delivering their highest score (83.25) on a dive with the highest degree of difficulty (3.7) — a 4 1/2 somersaults in tuck position.