Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera have made a splash at the 2024 Paris Games.

The 25-year-old Mexican diver and his 20-year-old compatriot have claimed the silver medal in the men’s synchronized 3M springboard to give Mexico their first-ever medal in the event and third medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In a close and frenetic competition for Olympic glory, Mexico, China and Great Britain took their spirits and emotions to the limit.

After five dives, China’s Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan took the gold with a score of 446.10.

But Olvera and Celaya, who finished with a score of 444.03 points, didn’t make it easy for them and with a “heart-stopping” finish and dives that bordered on perfection, they were 2.07 points away from first place.

In the process, the Mexican diving duo gave Mexico its 16th medal in Olympic diving history (eighth silver). While it’s the first in the synchronized springboard event, it’s the 12th in men’s diving.

Although diving is a very fruitful discipline for the Mexican delegation, they hadn’t won a medal in men’s synchronized diving since the silver won by Germán Sánchez and Iván García at the  2012 London Games.

Celaya and Olvera will now compete individually in the 3-meter springboard diving event.