CHINA won their third gold from three events on the diving programme as Cleckheaton's Lois Toulson and fellow Brit Tonia Couch finished fifth in the women's synchronised 10 metres platform final tonight.

Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow won bronze in the corresponding men's event yesterday, but it was not to be for Couch and Toulson, who were plunging into a pool which appeared to turn greener as the final wore on.

Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia added to China's dominance of the boards, scoring 354.00 points, while silver went to Cheong Jun-hoong and Pamg Pandelela Rinong of Malaysia with 344.34pts.

Canada's Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion took bronze on the final dive, finishing with 336.18.

Couch and 16-year-old Toulson scored 319.44, finishing three points behind the North Korean pair.

Couch and Toulson, like Daley and Goodfellow, were the last of the eight teams to dive.

And they were to enter water which was greener than it had been a day earlier.

Indeed, the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre pool appeared to darken throughout the competition and the bottom became invisible.

The British pair were fifth after two of the five rounds, with work to do to claim a podium place.

Their forward 3 1/2 somersaults with pike scored well, but it was only after their penultimate dive, a back 2 1/2 somersaults 1 1/2 twists with pike, that they climbed to fourth, five points off bronze.

Diving last, Couch and Toulson knew what they had to do – score more than 80.1 with their inward 3 1/2 somersaults – and were aided by the North Korean pair erring on entry.

Canada piled on the pressure with a well-executed dive and the Britons were unable to deliver.