Carson Tyler and Josh Hedberg took bronze in the synchronized platform at the World Diving Championships.
Carson Tyler and Josh Hedberg earned synchronized platform bronze for the first U.S. podium finish in a World Diving Championships men's event since 2015.
Tyler, a Paris Olympian, and Hedberg, the individual platform national champion, rallied from a tie for sixth place after the first two lower-difficulty dives to reach the podium after six rounds in Singapore on Tuesday.
China's Cheng Zilong and Zhu Zifeng had their own rally for gold, erasing a 13.11-point deficit going into the final round. They overtook Nikita Shleikher and Ruslan Ternovoi, neutral athletes from Russia, by a score of 429.63 to 428.70.
Tyler and Hedberg totaled 410.70, taking bronze by 11.43 over a British duo.
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It marks the first U.S. medal in a men's diving event at worlds since 2015, when David Boudia earned platform silver and Michael Hixon took 1m springboard bronze.
The U.S. last won a men's synchro medal in 2009.
China swept the two men's and two women's synchro events at worlds for a fifth consecutive time.
Diving worlds continue with early morning finals through Sunday, live on Peacock.
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