They said they were focused on executing the dive, regardless of the points on offer. "I think no matter what we got, gold or silver, it doesn't define our success," Shi said after the event. "It's just the work (involved). The gold medal means we trained hard."

Wang said: "We work very hard in training. We make all the effort we can in our training every day and after five years we were fully ready for this".

In the men's 61-kilogram weightlifting event, 28-year-old Li became the second-oldest weightlifter representing China to claim Olympic gold in a men's event. The oldest winner was Zhang Guozheng in 2004, who won the men's 69kg division.

Li, renowned for his "flamingo" lifting style where he stands on one leg for balance, lifted 141kg in the snatch and 172kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 313kg. Both his clean and jerk and total weight set Olympic records.

Li also holds the world records in the snatch, with 145kg, and the combined total, with 318kg.

Also, Chen kept up China's winning start in the weightlifting by securing victory in the men's 67kg class.

On Saturday, student Yang Qian won China's first gold of the Tokyo Games in the women's 10-meter air rifle. China's two other gold medals on Saturday were won by Hou Zhihui in the women's 49kg weightlifting and Sun Yiwen, who won the women's epee.