Chinese diving pair Cao Yuan and Wang Zongyuan won the men's 3-meter synchronized final on the first competition day of diving at the 19th International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.

Cao and Wang received a total of 459.18 points, ahead of Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding from Britain (451.71) and Lars Rudiger and Timo Barthel from Germany (406.44).

Twenty-year-old Wang is already an Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the same discipline along with partner Xie Siyi.

Cao, 27, won the 3m springboard at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and missed the gold in the 10m synchronized in Tokyo.

(With input from Xinhua)