00:00Nicolas Garcia has been diving since he was six.
00:07Twenty-three years later, he and dive partner Adrián Abadía have had their best ever year
00:12in the three-metre synchro, winning silver at the European Championships and a historic
00:17bronze at the Doha Worlds.
00:20It was Spain's first ever diving World Championship medal.
00:24Now a first Olympic podium in diving beckons.
00:45Adrián is a rising star at 22.
00:48When he and Nico started diving together, there was an instant calm chemistry.
00:54We're basically like a couple because we live together too, but it's very comfortable.
00:59We're water, the two of us.
01:01It's quite comfortable working with Nico.
01:04When the Spanish duo won bronze in Doha, the Chinese pair of Long Daoyi and Wang Zhongyuan
01:09topped the podium and are favourites to be champions in France too.
01:15China's diving dominance is almost complete.
01:18They won seven of eight available gold medals in Tokyo and are looking to repeat that performance
01:24in Paris.
01:25But look out for Spain's three-metre synchro pair of Nicolás García and Adrián Abadía,
01:31who have their sights set on a podium in Paris too.
01:37In fact, Team China aims to go one better diving for eight out of eight gold medal perfection
01:43in Paris.
01:44Eight being a hugely meaningful number in Chinese culture.
01:49The great eight was foiled in Tokyo only by a brilliant performance from Britain's Tom
01:53Daly and Maddy Lee in the ten-metre synchro.
01:56We admire what the Chinese are doing.
02:01They play in a different league.
02:03They're on a different level.
02:05We don't know how they do it, but they're years ahead of the jumps in Spain, for example.
02:14If you want to learn how to jump, watch videos of the Chinese.
02:19They do everything perfectly.
02:21Eight out of eight sounds almost impossible, but if anyone can, this Chinese diving team
02:27can.
02:28Ken Brown, CGTN, Madrid.
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