Budapest – Rikuto Tamai and the two-person team of Rin Kaneto and Sayaka Mikami each won silver in the men’s individual 10-meter platform and women’s 3-meter synchronized, respectively, at the FINA world aquatics championships on Sunday.
The divers turned out Japan’s best performance ever at a world championships. The country’s previous highest finish in the sport was bronze at the 2001 worlds.
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