Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Chen Aisen earned gold on the men‘s 10-metre platform Saturday, securing China the seventh out of the eight diving gold medals awarded in Rio de Janeiro.With 2.5 backflips and 2.5 twists in his sixth and last dive, he earned the top score of 108.00 of the final, for a total of 585.30 points.Mexico‘s German Sanchez won the silver with 532.70 points.US diver David Boudia was unable to repeat his 2012 London gold, but he took home the bronze medal with 525.70 points.British world and European champion Tom Daley dropped out with the lowest score among the contenders in the semi-final, even though he had topped the score in the preliminary."I‘m kind of in shock right now because I know that I could win that gold medal, and I think right now I‘m the only one that could challenge the Chinese for that gold medal," Said Daley, who has bronze from the synchronized event in Rio.Britain‘s Jack Laugher and Chris Mears have won gold on the men‘s synchronized 3m springboard in Rio, preventing China from collecting a perfect 8-victory haul.