Kotaro Miyamoto outperformed the competition in the men's platform dive event to win his first title at the diving national championships on Sunday. Miyamoto scored 393.35 points for first place while Gunma prefectural high school student Kazuki Murakami placed second with 363.85 at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
In the women's 1-meter springboard event, Ryoko Nishii claimed her second consecutive title and fourth crown overall, tallying a score of 261.75.
Synchronized platform-diving pair Mai Nakagawa and Masako Yamashita, who placed second at the diving World Cup last month, won the women's event with a high score of 312.78.
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