Yang Hao (left) and Lian Junjie pose for a photo with their medals during the awarding ceremony after the men's 10-meter synchronized platform match of the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan, July 17, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

FUKUOKA, Japan - Lian Junjie and Yang Hao retained the men's 10-meter synchronized platform title to increase China's diving gold haul to seven at the World Aquatics Championships here on Monday.

Lian and Yang secured the championship with a total of 477.75 points, 38.43 ahead of Ukraine's Oleskii Sereda and Kirill Boliukh.

Yang Hao (front) and Lian Junjie compete during the awarding ceremony after the men's 10-meter synchronized platform match of the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan, July 17, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Mexico's Kevin Berlin Reyes and Randal Willars Valdez took bronze with 434.16 points.

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China, who swept all 13 gold medals in last year's Budapest worlds, is on track to repeat that performance this year.