French duo of Matthieu Rosset and Laura Marino took away the gold with 406.40 points in mixed 3m and 10m Team Event at the 17th FINA World Championships on Tuesday.

Rommel Pacheco Marrufo and Viviana Del Angel Peniche of Mexico finished runners-up at 402.35, while Krysta Palmer and David Dinsmore of the United States ranked third at 395.90.

A huge error stopped Chinese divers Qiu Bo and Chen Yiwen's quest for the gold medal as they finished sixth.

Chen, who ranked fourth in women's 1m Springboard three days ago in Budapest, only snatched 32.55 points for her 107B move in the second dive.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Chinese synchronized swimming team tied their best result at the worlds with a silver medal in women's Team Technical.

The gold went to Russia. Japan also finished on the podium.

"We feel much better than in the preliminary today, and become more and more stable in our performance with the event going on," commented Guo Li.

Olympic champion Ferry Weertman continued his winning manner in the men's 10km Open Water Swimming, as the Dutch clocked 1 hour 51 minutes and 58.50 seconds for the world champion.

Jordan Wilimovsky and Marc-Antoine Olivier finished second and third respectively.