[Nagoya AG] Kim Nahyeon and Moon Nayoon Win Bronze in Women's Synchronized 10m Platform Diving

Kim Nahyun and Moon Nayeon of the Korean women's diving team won a bronze medal in the synchronized 10m platform event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Diving national representatives Kim Nahyun and Moon Nayeon are training at the Korea Swimming Federation Media Day for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Summer Asian Games held at the Jincheon National Training Center in Chungbuk on the 25th. Photo by Yonhap News

The pair of Kim Nahyun (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Office) and Moon Nayeon (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office) finished third with a total score of 276.90 points from five rounds in the final of the women's synchronized 10m platform, held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Japan on the 26th.

The two athletes made a strong start by placing second in the first round with 48.00 points, then recorded 46.80 points in the second round, 63.84 points in the third, and 53.94 points in the fourth, maintaining a close race for third and fourth place. In the final fifth round, they successfully executed a dive with a degree of difficulty of 3.2 (back 2½ somersaults with 1½ twists, 5253B) to earn 64.32 points. This allowed them to comfortably surpass Malaysia's Pandelela Rinong and Nur Dhabitah Sabri—who scored 247.29 points—by 29.61 points and secure a spot on the podium.

The gold medal went to the world's top team from China, Chen Yuxi and Lu Wei, who dominated the event with an overwhelming 347.82 points. North Korea's Jo Jinmi and Kim Mirae, the silver medalists from the Paris 2024 Olympics, claimed the silver medal with 317.64 points.

In the men's synchronized 3m springboard final held later that afternoon, the team of Kim Jiuk (Jeonnam Gwangju Sports Council) and Shin Junghwi (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) finished fourth with a combined score of 342.75 points, narrowly missing out on the podium. China's Wang Zongyuan and Zheng Jiuyuan took gold with 465.87 points, while Japan's Ikuma Senri and Suyama Haruki (355.56 points) and Malaysia's Yong Rui Jie and Mohamad Nurkaiyum (345.81 points) won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

The Korean diving team will continue their pursuit for medals the following day at the same venue, in the women's synchronized 3m springboard and men's synchronized 10m platform events.

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