China, Russia, Ukraine:
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Wang Feng and Qin Kai had the highest-scoring dive in each of the six rounds, piling up a total of 469.08 points. When they sliced through the water one last time, their perfectly aligned bodies causing barely a ripple, the big crowd roared.
Knowing gold was assured, Wang and Qin climbed from the pool and hugged each other.
This was a blowout.
Dmitry Sautin, 34 and competing in his fifth Olympics, added an eighth medal to his collection, teaming with 18-year-old Yuriy Kunakov to take silver for Russia with a mark of 421.98 - a staggering 47.10 points behind the Chinese.
Still, Sautin scooped up his young partner and bounced up and down after their final dive. In this event four years ago, the veteran struck the board on one of his attempts and wound up seventh with Aleksandr Dobroskok. Teamed with a new partner, Sautin made it back to the medal podium, giving him two golds, two silvers and four bronzes in his long career.
Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov of the Ukraine claimed the bronze at 415.05.
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Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino, U.S. team, get fourth with 410.73 points.
