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RIO DE JANEIRO -- China is golden again, winning its fifth diving title of the Rio Olympics.Cao Yuan led throughout to win the mens 3-meter springboard with 547.60 points on Thursday. He climbed out of the water after his last dive and pumped both fists in celebration.Jack Laugher of Britain earned silver with 523.85 for his countrys first medal in the event and his second in Rio de Janeiro. He and Chris Mears won synchronized 3-meter to give Britain its first gold in diving, spoiling Chinas bid to sweep all eight golds in Brazil.Patrick Hausding of Germany rallied from 10th after the semifinals to take bronze at 498.50.The water in the diving pool was back to its usual blue color a week after turning a murky green in one of the biggest embarrassments of the games for local organizers.With four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis looking on, Cao led all six rounds in the final. The 21-year-old Chinese finished off his performance by scoring 96.90 on his last dive, a forward 4+ somersault tuck.Hes incredible, American Kristian Ipsen said. Hes so athletic, just really, really quick. Hes fun to watch.In the fifth round, Laugher performed the same dive that Cao saved for last and received the same 96.90 total.But it was Hausding who did the difficult dive the best of anyone. He earned 98.80, the highest score of anyone in the 12-man final.Why am I not first? Hausding said, laughing. But Im totally fine with third place.The 27-year-old German overcame knee and shoulder injuries to make it to Rio. He had surgery on his knee and is taking painkillers for his shoulder.Ive had a rough season with less training. I started very badly into this competition, Hausding said. But I kept myself mentally strong. Didnt watch the scores. Just did my thing. It was the right decision in the end.Cao added gold to the bronze he won earlier in synchro 3-meter. His teammate, He Chao, didnt make it out of the preliminaries on Monday, when strong winds and cold wreaked havoc on the competition. World champion He balked on his second and third dives and scored just 27.75 on his third attempt -- the lowest score given to a Chinese diver so far in Rio.Competing in the finals by myself added a lot of pressure, Cao said through a translator. I was able to let go and really focus on putting on my performance and putting up a show.Defending Olympic champion Ilya Zakharov of Russia failed to advance out of the semifinals. He hit his feet on the board on his first dive in the prelims and then he barely topped 50 points in the next two rounds.Laugher had his own problems, barely grabbing the last spot for the final earlier in the day.Its actually my personal worst score since London, where I actually failed a dive, he said, laughing. For me, it was a bit of a shocker, literally 60 points less than what Ive scored in ages. 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Notre Dame is expected to hire Wake Forest defensive coordinator Mike Elko to the same position, a source told ESPN.com.Sports Illustrated first reported the news earlier Thursday.The Irish fired previous coordinator Brian VanGorder after a 1-3 start this season. They are experiencing a staff shake-up this offseason after also firing tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Scott Booker, a source had told ESPN.com.Additionally, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford was hired Wednesday as Western Kentuckys head coach.It is unclear what the hire of Elko would mean for the rest of the Irish defensive staff. Greg Hudson had been promoted from analyst to interim coordinator after the in-season firing of VanGorder.The Irishs defense improved drastically after the coordinator switch, as it ranked 103rd in total defense and 101st in scoring defense under VanGorder and, by seasons end under Hudson, ranked 44th and tied for 62nd, respectively.VanGorder had been in the final season of a three-year deal when he was fired, according to multiple sources. TTax records released to ESPN.dddddddddddd.com this past spring revealed VanGorders first-year salary to be $1,106,156. The terms of Elkos deal are unclear.Elko spent the past three seasons at Wake Forest, which followed a five-year stint at Bowling Green. He worked under head coach Dave Clawson in all eight of those seasons, and also spent two additional seasons apiece at both Fordham and Richmond with Clawson.The 39-year-old Elko led the 6-6 Demon Deacons to a No. 20 national ranking in scoring defense this season (21.8 PPG), and they were 33rd in total defense as well. Wake Forest made its first bowl game since 2011.The Demon Deacons have ranked in the national top 40 in total defense in all three of Elkos seasons there. Elkos final unit at Bowling Green, in 2013, ranked 10th nationally in total defense and fifth in scoring defense (15.86 PPG). The Falcons ranked sixth and 10th, respectively, in those categories in 2012, also under Elko. ' ' '