China's Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia successfully defended their women's 10m synchronised diving title on Monday as they won world gold at the ongoing aquatics championships in Kazan.

The duo maintained China's domination in 10m diving as they kept up an unbeaten run that comprises eight titles over the past 14 years.

Their winning score of 359.52pts was comfortably ahead of Canadian pair Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion on 339.99pts while North Korea picked up bronze thanks to Kim Un Hyang and Song Nam Hyang who won their country's first medal in the event with a score of 325.26.
Source: AFP