Chinese diver Shi Tingmao in action during women's 3m springboard final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2021. (IC)

TOKYO - China's Shi Tingmao claimed her second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the women's 3 meter springboard diving on Sunday, becoming the second woman to retain both individual and synchronized titles at the Games.

Shi Tingmao's victory enabled her to match compatriot Guo Jingjing's back-to-back double 3 metre springboard golds at the Athens and Beijing Olympics and was China's ninth consecutive gold in the individual event

Shi's victory enabled her to match compatriot Guo Jingjing's back-to-back double 3 metre springboard golds at the Athens and Beijing Olympics and was China's ninth consecutive gold in the individual event.

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The 29-year-old, champion in both events at Rio and again in the synchronized event earlier in Tokyo, dominated the diving pool after taking control of the competition from the start and never giving up her position at the top of the leaderboard.

She finished with 383.50 points at the spectator-free Tokyo Aquatics Centre, more than 34 points ahead of her synchronised diving partner Wang Han in second.

Wang Han (right), Shi Tingmao of China react after the awarding ceremony for the women's 3m springboard diving final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2021. (WANG JINGQIANG/XINHUA)

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Krysta Palmer took bronze with 343.75 to become the first American to claim an Olympic medal in the event since the nation came third at the Seoul Games in 1988.