DAY 5: Paris Olympics medal winners

Day 5 of the Paris Olympics saw a number of countries snap up medals including two North Koreans who won silver in women’s diving.

Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae, from North Korea, took silver in the synchronized diving 10-meter platform event.

This was the nation’s first ever Olympic diving medal. The Chinese duo of Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan continued their dominance of the sport and won gold.

The North Korean pair’s silver medal marked their country’s second medal of the Paris Games after the nation won silver on Tuesday in mixed doubles table tennis.

By Wednesday evening, other medal winners for the day were:

TRIATHLON

Women
Gold: Cassandre Beaugrand, France
Silver: Julie Derron, Switzerland
Bronze: Beth Potter, Britain

Men
Gold: Alex Yee, Britain
Silver: Hayden Wilde, New Zealand
Bronze: Leo Bergere, France

DIVING – SYNCHRONIZED 10-METER PLATFORM

Women
Gold: Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, China
Silver: Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae, North Korea
Bronze: Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson, Britain

CYCLING – BMX FREESTYLE

Women’s Park
Gold: Deng Yawen, China
Silver: Perris Benegas, United States
Bronze: Natalya Diehm, Australia

ROWING – MEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS

Gold: Netherlands (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)

Silver: Italy (Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili)

Bronze: Poland (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Miroslaw Zietarski, Fabian Baranski)

ROWING – WOMEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS

Gold: Britain (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)

The synchronized diving event meanwhile drew supporters from across the globe. Chinese came out in full force to support their gold medallists while fellow North Korean team members were also in the stands flying their flag.