Canada claims bronze in synchro diving

Canada's Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito won bronze in the women's 10-metre synchro final Saturday at the second stop on the FINA World Series diving circuit.

Filion, from Laval, Que., and Montreal's Benfeito finished third with 326.10 points.

Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang of China won gold with 360.66 points and Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco of Mexico were second at 327.48.

It was the third consecutive international medal for the Canadians. They won bronze at the World Series opener last week and took silver at the FINA World Cup last month.

In the women's three-metre competition, Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., was sixth and Emilie Heymans of St-Lambert, Que., was seventh.

The World Series is an annual four-stop series for the top-eight divers in the world rankings in each event. The next event is set for April 13-14 in Moscow.