Post-2000s Chinese athletes shine at Olympics

Wang Zongyuan, born in 2001, and Xie Siyi won an Olympic gold medal in the men's synchronized 3m springboard with 467.82 points here on July 28, 23.46 points ahead of the second-placed United States.

"I've been waiting for this moment for nine years. I was so happy with our brilliant timing. I have a lot of emotions in my head right now," said Wang.

This is 19-year-old Wang's first Olympic Games. "To participate in an Olympic Games for the first time was not so hard for me. It felt a little bit different, but I knew I had to do what I do well, and I did."

He won the silver medal in the single 3m springboard on Aug 3.