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Malaysia's Pandelela Pamg and Nur Dhabitah Sabri compete during the women's synchronised 10m platform at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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Top-Tier Talent 5: Caeli McKay on diving, mental health and the Olympics!

Welcome to an episode of 'Top Tier Talent', a new series, where I focus on stars who are top-tier prospects in their sport or industry, and focus on finding and highlighting the key skills, habits and mindsets that make them so successful. 

Based in Montreal at the Pointe-Claire Diving Club, Caeli McKay is one of Canada’s top 10-metre tower divers as well as forming a partnership with Olympic medallist Meaghan Benfeito in the 10-metre synchro event.

At age 16, she made the difficult decision to leave her family and move to Montreal and became Meaghan Benfeito’s new partner in the 10-metre synchro event. McKay initially resided with Benfeito, whom she credits for helping her get acclimatized to her new surroundings.

While there was initially an adaptation period with the young teenager joining the Olympic veteran – McKay even grew taller during the early period – they have gone on to become Olympic medal contenders for 2021.

Together, McKay and Benfeito have won medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the 2019 Pan American Games, the FINA Diving World Series, and the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup.

Individually McKay has emerged as a diver to watch notably winning a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games, and a bronze at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup.

McKay was initially a gymnast and started diving when she was six years old. She attended an intro-to-diving summer camp hosted by the Dive Calgary club. However, her passion for sport was born when she was five, while watching Olympic medalists cry on the podium at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She told her parents: “I want to go there, I want to go to the Olympics!”

McKay’s first podium at the senior national level came at the 2014 Winter Nationals when she was 14 years old – behind her idols Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion on tower. That’s when she realized she could go far in the sport.

She recently came #4 in the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Diving.

In this interview, we cover her story, diving, skill development, competing and the Olympics, injury and recovery and so much more.

  Top Tier Talent utilise a lot of great mindsets, skill sets, training hacks, and approaches to life - these are some of the key points from this interview  think you should pay attention to:

Caeli was inspired by her parents love of sports growing up. Please encourage your kids to try sports, believe in themselves and chase their dreams. 

To be the best, it takes a lot of dedication and you have to sacrifice the parties, the normal rites of passage. However, when you consider that by accepting short-term sacrifices will produce a long-term gain instead. Caeli forged her own path based on her goals. What could you do if you chased your dreams, rather than likes? 

Caeli took time to adapt to her new location when she started her full time training. Remember that all transition will affect you, you can't change and expect everything to feel right straight away. Caeli, built up a support network to help her settle. When you need to deal with change, accept it will feel bad at first, fear will always be there but control what you can, and let the other things go, like the top performers do. Look at people in your area and network, family members, friends, coaches, teachers, support groups etc, look for hobbies you can do to get you out the house, use Meetup.com for groups etc, build up a network of people and places to go, to go to for the support you will need.

There are many different areas that you will need to focus on to be a better athlete. Physical, mental, flexibility, strength, conditioning and so on. Seek out coaches and experts to assist with each area. 

Learn the basics and the fundamentals of the sport when you start so that when you build towards more advanced movements and techniques, you have a strong foundation to build from.

Caeli utilises visualisation to mentally rep and prepare her dives. She feels the dive, the movement of her body etc in her head, and reps the movement. So when she gets on the board, the movement is dialed in and she just needs to follow the pattern in her head.

You will lose the fear of high diving when you practice a lot. The more you do something, the less the power it has on you. 

Caeli has a power stance and mantra that she uses before she dives. This lets her enter her competing zone, to feel confident, centered and it sends a message to her brain to be primed for diving. Try and build a practice that you can use before training and competing that will let you enter 'Boss' mode. 

You will never remember everything about a technique as you try it. Focus on the key things, like the feeling, the main movements, and just let your body and brain follow your reps, go to your training and work from there.

Caeli utilises breathing methods to control her stress levels, her fight or flight feelings. She uses the five senses method to distract her from the pressure and stresses of the competition. All top performers have a routine, a ritual that they do in the warm up, preparing, competing etc, to ensure that they are mentally, physically and emotionally ready to compete.  

Caeli is very analytical and breaks down her training, focus and how she prepares herself for training on a daily basis. She approaches her training and life very smartly and builds systems to help her chances for success. 

Caeli knows her learning type - find out more here. She will watch her dives back and use slow mo technology etc to analyse her dives and where she can improve on. There is some amazing technology available, find the right apps, tools and accessories to help you be analytical on your performance, see where your strengths are and what you can work on to improve. 

All sport can be intense and demanding on the body, but to become top-tier, you need to implement a proper recovery process and procedure to recover when you are not training or performing, and to recover for the next session. 

Caeli loves to learn and always is looking for new things to learn and try. I would highly recommend MasterClass to help you on your journey for learning new skills. 

As you level up, you will need to learn new skills, some soft, some hard, and understand that as you improve, new demands and pressures will arise, and you need to understand that you have control on what you will accept, comment on, post etc, it is all a learning curve. Expect to make mistakes, to mess up, but you will quickly learn. 

It is normal to feel flat after a competition, after competing or a big event. Expect it, and assume it will come. Take your time, recover, eat well, sleep, give yourself time to grieve for the loss of the challenge, take your time, don't rush back and catch your breath. Then when you are feeling better, set new goals and chase them again. 

It is OK to ask for help, to admit you need some support and advice and speak to a doctor etc. Don't bottle up the stress etc, and speak to someone if you need help. 

Caeli mentions how she can struggle with the many demands that she faces and works with a psychologist who helps her break down all the problems, analyse them for the truthfulness and then set smaller goals to achieve each day. A large goal can be terrifying and seem overwhelming, so if you break it down and reverse engineer how you are going to achieve the end goal and work out what you need to do to get there, you can then write out a list of small manageable goals and start ticking them off daily. As you achieve the goals each day, your momentum will build your confidence and drive you onto towards success. 

To overcome her fear of diving again after her injury, Caeli just followed Nike's advice, and just did it! The reality is never as big as the drama that you make up in your head. Feel the fear, hit your power stance, and let that and the mantra flow through you, and fall back onto the highest level of training and succeed! 

Check out this episode!

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Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Tom Daley & Kentaro Kobayashi

Every Monday we look at the best and worst communicators in the sports world from the previous week.

HIT – TOM DALEY

Tom Daley is finally an Olympic champion.

After 13 years of trying, Daley, alongside diving partner Matty Lee, won Team GB’s second gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with victory in the men’s synchronised 10 metres platform.

"I still can't honestly believe what is happening.” Daley said. “That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering. To finally have this around my neck, I've been diving over 20 years.

"Lots of people would have counted me out but I'm in the best shape and with the support with Matty, we've had that unstoppable mentality this year and that's the first time I've ever been able to think like that.”

After winning Olympic gold medal at the fourth attempt, Daley must feel like an enormous weight has been lifted from his shoulders.

Ever since he burst onto the international stage at the Beijing Games in 2008, aged just 14, he has been in ever-present in the British media, not least as a result of the huge expectations he has faced from such a young age, but also because of his private life.

From the media attention about moving schools after being bullied in the wake of his initial diving success, to losing his dad Robert, who died following a battle with brain cancer, Daley has faced so many challenges on his long journey to Olympic glory.

The public eye has also constantly scrutinised his sexuality. Speaking on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in 2018, Daley admitted that he often felt inferior to everyone because of his uncertainty regarding his sexuality.  

But since coming out as gay in 2013, Daley has been a real inspiration and role model for so many young, gay people.

After winning gold, he said: “I came out in 2013 and when I was younger I always felt like the one that was alone and different and didn’t fit. There was something about me that was never going to be as good as what society wanted me to be.

“I feel incredible proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion.”

He added: "I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion. And I feel very empowered by that because when I was younger I felt I was never going to achieve anything because of who I was."

Olympic gold arrives in Daley’s first Games since become a father to son Robbie - who is named after his late father.

“Being a father was a massive turning point in my career as an athlete,” Daley admitted. “I realised whether I did really well or terribly I can go home to a husband and son who love me regardless.

“Feeling that and knowing that love is unconditional, I can take that pressure off myself, enjoy it and say I'm doing it because I love to do it.”

Speaking about his husband and his child in front of the world media, next to athletes from China, a country where neither would be permitted for a gay man, Daley continues to act as a key spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community and for LGBTQ+ rights.

His words have been widely praised by sporting stars, with Gary Lineker tweeting: “Absolute inspiration to so many. Well said and well played @TomDaley1994”.

Two-time Olympic champion rower James Cracknell also praised Daley on Twitter, saying: “So pleased for @tomdaley pioneered for his sport, was overwhelminghly supportive when other divers won GB’s first diving gold in 2016. But backed himself to perform in @tokyo2020 enjoy it and well done @mattydiver”.

Daley has overcome so many obstacles in his journey to achieving Olympic success, which highlight just how mentally strong and how much of role model he is.

Still just 27, he has played a vital role in transforming the sport of diving in the UK over the years and continues to inspire the next generation of athletes.  

Tom Daley has captured the hearts of a nation and is a deserved Olympic hero.

MISS – KENTARO KOBAYASHI

The Olympic Games may be somewhat different this year, given the delays and lack of crowds and visitors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

But the Games have always stood for inclusion, friendship and respect for others.

So it was no surprise that the show director of the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony was dismissed a day before the event was held after offensive comments were discovered from the 1990s.

Footage emerged of Kentaro Kobayashi, a former member of a popular comedy duo Rahmens , in which he appeared to make jokes about the Holocaust and was quoted saying “Let’s play massacre the Jews.”

Given the terrible loss of life to military and civilians, including a quarter of a million people killed by the nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kobayashi’s comments could not have been less appropriate.

Kobayashi at least issued a statement responding to his dismissal and said: “It should never be the job of an entertainer to make people feel uncomfortable.

“I understand that my choice of words at the time was wrong, and I regret it. I would like to apologise for making people feel uncomfortable. I am very sorry.”

The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned the anti-Semitic ‘jokes’ with Global Social Action Director, Rabbi Abraham Cooper saying: “Any person, no matter how creative, does not have the right to mock the victims of the Nazi genocide.

“The Nazi regime also gassed Germans with disabilities. Any association of this person to the Tokyo Olympics would insult the memory of six million Jews and make a cruel mockery of the Paralympics.”

Kobayashi’s departure is the fourth senior Tokyo 2020 executive to depart ahead of the Games.

Earlier last week, one of the event’s composers, Keigo Oyamada, resigned after old magazine interviews resurfaced in which he joked about bullying other children at school, including classmates with intellectual disabilities.

In March, creative chief Hiroshi Sasaki quit after suggesting that plus-size comedian Naomi Watanabe could appear as an ‘Olympig’ while in February, Yoshiro Mori was forced to resign as the head of the organising committee after he made remarks that women talked too much and that meetings with female board directors would “take a lot of time.”

Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said of Kobayashi’s dismissal: “We found out that Mr. Kobayashi, in his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy.

“We deeply apologise for causing such a development the day before the opening ceremony and for causing troubles and concerns to many involved parties as well as the people in Tokyo and the rest of the country.”

Another embarrassing scandal in Japan revolving around the Olympic Games can be an opportunity, according to Sayuri Shirai, a professor of economics at Japan's Keio University.

“Discrimination was never a major issue, so many people are careless. A lot of foreign media pay so much attention (to the Olympic Games), so every negative issue is under the spotlight...

“People are starting to be more sensitive about discriminatory expression," she said, adding that the scandals was a “good opportunity for Japan” to think more about discrimination and diversity.

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Tom Daley’s gold and Kimia Alizadeh’s victories are milestones for the Olympic spirit

13 years after he first stepped on to the diving board at the 2008 Games in Beijing, 27-year old diver Tom Daley has made Olympic history by winning gold for Team GB in the synchronised 10 meter diving event, together with his teammate Matty Lee. By edging ahead of China’s Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen by just one point (471.81 versus 470.58), Daley underscored just how far the Olympic Games have come in terms of acceptance towards LGBT competitors; whereas just 11 openly gay athletes competed alongside Daley at his first Olympics in 2008, 56 took part in the 2016 Rio games and nearly 170 are now in Tokyo.The first few days of events at these Summer Olympics have produced several other dramatic milestones for marginalized communities. On Sunday, taekwondo competitor Kimia Alizadeh nearly won the Olympic Refugee Team’s first medal, losing a tough match to Turkey’s Hatice Kubra Ilgun in a bronze medal match in the -57 kg category.On her way to competing for a second Olympic medal, however, Iranian-born Alizadeh - who won bronze while competing for Iran at the Rio games in 2016 - defeated not only Team GB’s two-time gold medalist Jade Jones but also her friend and former teammate, Iran’s Nahid Kiyani. In doing so, Alizadeh delivered an emphatic message to Iran’s theocratic government, whose systemic discrimination against women drove her decision to defect from her home country last year.

A landmark Olympic Games for marginalised communities

Given these Summer Olympics have welcomed by far the largest number of queer athletes in the history of the Games, Tom Daley’s gold medal will not be the last historic moment for the LGBT community in Tokyo. Already, the 2020 Games have become a milestone for transgender and non-binary Olympians: while most media attention has centred on Laurel Hubbard, a transgender athlete who has travelled to Tokyo as part of New Zealand’s women’s weightlifting team, midfielder Quinn of the Canadian women’s football team officially became the first transgender person to compete in the Olympic Games last week.With public attitudes towards the queer community changing rapidly across much of the planet, Olympic milestones like Tom Daley’s gold medal feed into the Tokyo Olympics’ broader theme of inclusivity, gender equality, and “unity in diversity,” which was underscored by the joint male and female flagbearers who led each national team into the Olympic Stadium during last Friday’s opening ceremony, as well as the artists with disabilities who occupied a central role in the performances.As Daley said after winning his first gold medal ahead of pairs from China and Russia (both countries where same-sex marriage is not legal): “I came out in 2013 and when I was younger I always felt like the one that was alone and different and didn’t fit... I hope that any young LGBT person out there can see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone. You can achieve anything.”The achievements of Daley, Quinn, and other queer athletes at the Tokyo Games are rapidly replacing memories of the manifold controversies which faced organisers in the run up to the opening ceremony, including the removal of show director Kentaro Kobayashi after revelations of past comments about the Holocaust. They also offer new momentum to LGBT athletes and activists in Japan, who are using the Games as a platform to campaign for legal reforms around LGBT rights and who have worked closely with the national Olympic Committee to build upon the Olympic message of inclusion.

An Olympic-sized megaphone for refugees

Athletes outside of the queer community are also using the Tokyo Olympics as a platform to advocate for change, chief among them Kimia Alizadeh and her fellow members of the Olympic Refugee Team. The Games’ refugee contingent first competed at Rio in 2016, with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach saying at the time that “we want to send a message of hope for all refugees in our world... having no national team to belong to, having no flag to march behind, having no national anthem to be played, these refugee athletes will be welcomed to the Olympic Games with the Olympic flag and with the Olympic Anthem.”As the media firestorm surrounding Alizadeh’s bout with her former teammate showed, however, the Germany-based taekwondo star still enjoys a considerable amount of support in her country of origin. When she defected from the Islamic Republic last year, Alizadeh called out a government which, in her words, “gave credit to compulsory hijab for my medals and praised their own management and wisdom.”Being the only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal, Alizadeh’s defection and her impressive performance at the Tokyo Games have re-energized the debate over women’s participation in sports in Iran. As one of the top female athletes from a country where women have been barred from entering football stadiums since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and where the government’s handling of women’s sports has been an intensely contested topic between women’s rights campaigners on the one hand and conservative ruling elites on the other, Alizadeh’s efforts this past weekend represented nothing less than a victory over adversity.With a little under two weeks of events still to go, the Tokyo Olympics are sure to produce more stories like those of Tom Daley, Quinn, and Kimia Alizadeh, but for the young female, queer, and disabled athletes watching the competition and nursing their own Olympic dreams, the impact of these Games will be felt for years and decades to come. Edited by Shashank Singh Login to reply Read the full article

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Chinese mainland athletes snatch seven medals on Day 3

On the third day of the Tokyo Olympics, despite missing gold in a number of traditionally strong events, Chinese mainland athletes have bagged seven medals, raising the total to 18, and defending the delegation's lead position in the medal ranking by total with gold medal tally ranking the third after Japan, the US.   Meanwhile, foil fencer Cheung Ka-long from China's Hong Kong made history when he defeated Italy's Daniele Garozzo 15-11 to win the men's foil individual gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

Cheung Ka Long (right) of China's Hong Kong and Daniele Garozzo of Italy react during the ceremony for the men's foil individual gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

The competition has become fiercer with traditional powerhouse US and home court advantage-holding Japan catching up in the standings. On Monday night, two straight direct matches between Team China and Team Japan in the gymnastics and table tennis pushed the tension to the extreme. After two close matches, the Chinese gymnastics men's team took the bronze medal, while the pair of Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen were upset in the first table tennis mixed doubles final in Olympic history, claiming the silver medal.

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

Team Japan now leads the gold medal list with eight in three days.  Although the delegation did not win a gold medal on Day 3, the outstanding performance of many athletes further ignited the Olympic atmosphere in the country. On Monday night, Chinese netizens congratulates Edgar Cheung, foil fencer for Team Hong Kong, China, as he bagged a historic gold medal for the region.  The 24-year-old snatched the city's first Olympic gold medal since 1996, after beating 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Daniele Garozzo of Italy, 15-11. Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the HKSAR, also sent out congratulations to Cheung, calling him "pride of the city." Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen missed out on the chance to win China's fifth successive Olympic gold medal in the men's synchronized 10m platform.

China's Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan won silver in the men's 10 metres synchronised platform diving at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Photos: Cui Meng/GT

Despite the absence of crowds, excitement about the games was no less.   Global Times reporters noticed that Canadian, British, Mexican, South Korean, Japanese and other flags were visible in the stands, while the Ukrainian delegation used a loudspeaker.  Wearing red and holding the five-star red flag, the Chinese "cheerleaders" also formed a spectacular landscape. Britain's Thomas Daley was popular with the crowd, gaining the loudest cheers in the room with his teammate Matty Lee. The duo was also the strongest challenge to China's Cao and Chen, both former Olympic winners.  Cao and Chen secured a lead with strong performances in the first three rounds, but lost in Round 4. However, they did not panic, and delivered convincing performances in the next two rounds.  Cao and Chen bagged a silver, losing by 1.23 points. Chinese fans cheered them for their calmness, resolve and professionalism.  There have been moments of regret for Team China in other events on Monday. One of the top gold medal hopefuls, Zhang Yufei, narrowly missed a gold by 0.05 seconds in the women's 100m butterfly event, and China's Sun Yang-less swimming team has not yet bagged a gold medal as of Monday.  Li Bingjie claimed a bronze in the women's 400 freestyle, while Yan Zibei placed 6th in men's 100m breaststroke.  Despite setting a new qualification Olympic record with 124 of 125, Chinese shooter Wei Meng only bagged a bronze medal in the women's skeet on Monday afternoon. Wei Meng is the younger sister of China's famous shooter Wei Ning, who had won two Olympic silver medals and expected Meng to claim a gold.  Later on Monday, China's Liao Qiuyun placed 2nd in the women's 55kg weightlifting, losing by a total of 1 kg.  In fencing, China's only entry, Huang Mengkai, narrowly lost to Mexico's Diego Cervantes, 14-15.    However, behind these moments of regret, the Chinese public also see a ray of hope.  After Zhang Yufei missed the gold, she shouted "add oil" to cheer herself up. "I had a lot of mental pressure before the final, and now I can say 'I did it!'" Zhang said after the match. Another swimmer, Yan Zibei, was the only Asian athlete in the finals. The Chinese women's swimming relay team also broke the Asian record again.   In skateboarding, which is new to the Olympics, 16-year-old Zeng Wenhui successfully made the final and ranked 6th. The Chinese women's 3x3 basketball team won three straight as the girls won the hearts of many fans. The previously unsatisfying men's 3x3 basketball team also bounced back and collected two straight wins on Monday to keep their hopes of qualifying alive. "No matter what the results are, I will be proud of them because they have shown sportsmanship," wrote many netizens on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo. The Chinese were also impressed with many foreign athletes and their outstanding performances. Many congratulated 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan, who won the women's street skateboarding event, making the Japanese teenager one of the youngest gold medal winners in Olympic history. As the US men's basketball team led by NBA stars swallowed their first Olympic loss since 2004 on Sunday against France, many fans said online that "maybe the US could still claim the NBA represents the highest level of basketball, but they should now be aware that the world is catching up fast and the gap is closing sooner than they would have imagined." "It is time to wake up from their undefeatable dream." On Tuesday, the Tokyo Olympics will enter its fourth day. However, many outdoor events may be overshadowed by the impending tropical storm that will hit Tokyo.  According to reports, a tropical storm named Nepartak could threaten the Games. The Japan Meteorological Agency said there is a possibility of heavy rainfall of "more than 50 millimeters per hour" in some areas, which could be bad news for many other outdoor sports, including softball and beach volleyball. Nonetheless, a number of surfers said they are excited over the storm for it would "allow the surfers to get more opportunities." Rowing

competitions originally scheduled to take place Monday were moved to Sunday, and Tuesday's rowing final was also postponed.  The Committee said on Monday that the tropical storm is expected to have a "limited impact" on the Games, without ruling out the possibility of further changes to the schedule.  Previously, the Committee has repeatedly reminded media to pay attention to heat and typhoons.

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DAY 10 - RESULTS!

Badminton:

Men's Doubles Final: Phillip Chew/Ryan Chew fell to Nyl Yakura/Jason Ho-Shue of Canada (11-21, 21-19, 18-21).

Women's Doubles Final: Jamie Hsu/Kuei-Ya Chen fell to Kristen Tsai/Rachel Honderich of Canada (10-21, 9-21).

Basketball:

Men's Team fell to Puerto Rica (84-87). They're 2-1 and will face Argentina in the semi-final.

Boxing:

Men's Bantam (56kg) Final: Duke Ragan fell to David Caballero of Cuba.

Men's Light Welter (64kg) Final: Keyshawn Davis fell to Andy Cruz of Cuba.

Women's Fly (48-51kg) Final: Virginia Fuchs fell to Lorena Valencia of Colombia.

Women's Middle (69-75kg) Final: Naomi Graham fell to Jessica Caicedo of Colombia.

Canoe Slalom:

Evy Leibfarth finished 1st of the Women's Extreme Slalom (K1) Heat 3.

Track Cycling:

Team USA finished 1st of the Women's Pursuit.

Diving:

Sarah Bacon finished 1st of the Women's 1m Springboard Final.

Brooke Schulz finished 2nd of the Women's 1m Springboard Final.

Steele Johnson/Benjamin Bramley finished 4th of the Synchronised 10m Platform Final.

Equestrian:

Team USA leads the Eventing Competition after Dressage.

Handball:

Men's Team fell to Chile (24-34). They're 1-2 and will play placement.

Field Hockey:

Women's Team def Peru (8-0). They're 3-0.

Racquetball:

Men's Singles Preliminary: Jakob Bredenbeck def Sebastian Franco of Colombia (2-0).

Women's Singles Preliminary: Kelani Lawrence fell to Paz Munoz of Ecuador (0-2).

Women's Singles Preliminary: Rhonda Rajsich def Montserrat Mejia of Mexico (2-0).

Men's Singles Preliminary: Charles Pratt fell to Coby Iwaasa of Canada (1-2).

Men's Doubles Preliminary: Charles/Pratt/ R.O Carson III def to Coby Iwaasa/Samuel Murray (2-1).

Rythmic Gymnastics:

Evite Griskenas finished 1st of the Women's Individual All Around and Qualifications Rotation 1.

Camilla Feeley finished 4th of the Women's Individual All Around and Qualifications Rotation 1.

Evita Griskenas finished 1st of the Individual All Around and Qualifications Rotation 2.

Camilla Feeley finished 3rd of the Individual All Around and Qualifications Rotation 2.

Team USA finished 3rd of the Groups All Around Final and Qualifications Rotation 1

Shooting:

Christian Elliott finished 5th of the Men's Skeet Qualification - Day 1.

Philipp Jungman finished 7th of the Men's Skeet Qualification - Day 1.

Nathalia Granados finished 9th of the Women's 25m Pistol Qualification - Precision.

Lucas Kozeniesky finished 1st of the Men's 10m Air Rifle Final.

Timothy Sherry finished 5th of the Men's 10m Air Rifle Final.

Kimberly Rhode finished 1st of the Women's Skeet Final.

Dania Vizzi finished 3rd of the Women's Skeet Final.

Surf:

Candice Appleby finished 2nd of the Women's SUP Race Final.

Connor Baxter finished 1st of the Men's SUP Race Final.

Women's Longboard Repechage Round 3: Tiare Thompson fell to Fernanda Maria Reyes of Peru.

Men's SUP Surfing Main Round 3: Daniel Hughes fell to Tamil Martino of Peru.

Women's SUP Surfing Main Round 3: Candice Appleby fell to Vania Torres of Peru.

Tennis:

Women's Singles Quarterfinals: Usue Arconada fell to Nadia Podoroska of Argentina (4-6, 4-6).

Women's Doubles Quarterfinals: Usue Arconada/Caroline Dolehide def Alexa Guarachi/Daniela Seguel of Chile (7-5, 6-3).

Women's Singles Quarterfinals:  Caroline Dolehide def Daniela Seguel of Chile (7-5, 7-6).

Volleyball:

Men's Team fell to Brazil (2-3). They're 1-2.

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At the age of 13 years and 7 months, Oleksii Sereda has become the youngest gold medallist ever in the history of the diving European Championships. The Ukrainian ‘wonder-kid’ seemed to compete without nerves, he came first in the prelims and performed six outstanding dives in the 10m final in front of 2,000 cheering fans. He lowered the age record of Tom Daley (GBR) who won the title aged 13 years and 10 months in Eindhoven 2008. In Kyiv, Russia finished atop in the medal charts as they claimed a 6th gold on the last day, courtesy of Uliana Kliueva and Vitaliia Koroleva in the 3m synchro.

(L to R) HENTSCHEL Lena, PUNZEL Tina Germany GER Silver medal, KLIUEVA Uliana, KOROLEVA Vitaliia RUS Russia Gold medal, KESAR Viktoriya, PYSMENSKA Anna UKR Ukraina bronze medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving 3 meter springboard synchro women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) KLIUEVA Uliana, KOROLEVA Vitaliia RUS Russia Gold medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving 3 meter springboard synchro women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) AUFFRET Benjamin FRA France Silver Medal, SEREDA OleksiiUKR Ukraina Gold medal, TERNOVOI Ruslan RUS Russia bronze medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving 10 meter platfom men podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SEREDA Oleksii UKR Ukraina Gold medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving 10 meter platfom men podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Platform – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Platform – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

AUFFRET BENJAMIN FRA France Men – Platform – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

TERNOVOI RUSLAN RUS Russia Men – Platform – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

KESAR VIKTORIYA UKR Ukraina, PYSMENSKA ANNA UKR Ukraina Women – Synchronised 3m – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

HENTSCHEL LENA GER Germany, PUNZEL TINA GER Germany Women – Synchronised 3m – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

KLIUEVA ULIANA RUS Russia, KOROLEVA VITALIIA RUS Russia Women – Synchronised 3m – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 11/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Medallists, Day 7

Men’s 10m platform: 1. Oleksii Sereda (UKR) 488.85, 2. Benjamin Auffret (FRA) 474.90, 3. Ruslan Ternovoi (RUS) 445.25

Women’s 3m synchro: 1. Uliana Kliueva, Vitaliia Koroleva (RUS) 290.70, 2. Lena Hentschel, Tina Punzel (GER) 288.87, 3. Viktoriya Kesar, Anna Pysmenska (UKR) 287.37

Oleksii Sereda faced a mounting task: once he had got into the spotlight after his 4th place finish at the World Championships, he was expected to secure a golden ending to the European Championships. He was supposed to do it in front of a capacity crowd of 2,000 people, all cheering for the young home hero with sky-high expectations, especially after his flawless morning performance which put him to the first place so he dived last in each round.

This should have been a big challenge for any diver – but for a 13-year old that seemed to be a cruel test. Passing it required six outstanding dives as Sereda’s DDs were significantly lower than any of his rivals – with a height of 151cm and weighing 43kg, he was the only one among the favourites with a DD2.8 jump and with no 3.4-3.6s in the mix.

But it turned out that at the age of 13 nerves might work absolutely differently as in the world of the seniors. Sereda just came out and did he was at best: diving. No pressure, no worries. And ultimately: no mistakes. His rivals committed smaller and bigger ones. Almost each of them had at least one dreadful jump and that narrowed the competition to a two-horse race between Sereda and 2017 champion Benjamin Auffret.

The Frenchman, 10 years older than the ‘wonder-kid’, led by 1.05 points at half-way and by 1.95 after the fourth round. In fact, it was in his hands since he had a 3.3 and 3.6DD to perform, while Sereda had a couple of 3.2s remaining. But Auffret shook a bit in Round 5, he came up with a good but not a great dive for 75.90 while Sereda showed that he was absolutely free of tensions, he made his armstand dive the best of the evening, all but one judge awarded him 9.5, and this 91.20-pointer set him to win the event.

Auffret could have hit back but only got 7.5s to his last dive so all the Ukrainian youngster needed was a 68-point attempt to secure gold. In this final it would have been an underperformed jump from him – and the Liko Centre erupted soon: Sereda’s entry was as clean as ever and the 8.5s meant that the young boy wrote history by becoming the youngest-ever champion in history.

It was a bit funny to see the little boy on the top of the podium as his head was still in one line with the other two medallists. The all-smile federation president, the man behind the entire delivery of this event, Igor Lysov almost had to look down to the young champion while placing the gold medal around his neck.

It was something similar how Tom Daley stunned the diving community in March 2008 in Eindhoven when he won the European gold aged 13 years and 10 months (and added the world title a year later in Rome). Now Sereda lowered his ‘record’ to 13 years and 7 months. In fact he was born on 25 December – so he is just ‘old’ enough to be eligible to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo (the year of birth is taken into count when the minimum age-limit of 14 is determined). Thus, besides Daley and Aleksandar Bondar (Russian bronze medallist in Gwangju), Europe just sends another brilliant talent to the battle ground to challenge the Chinese next summer.

The bronze medal came down to an in-house battle of the Russians: despite a bad miss in the second round, Ruslan Ternovoi could climb back to finish third, just 0.2 points ahead of Nikita Shleikher. Romania’s Constantin Popovici, the only one who already has a fine high diving career too, came fifth with no big misses but with just good dives.

Minor moves and smaller mistakes made the difference in the women’s 3m synchro. The Germans had a better start and kept the lead throughout four rounds, though the gap between Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel and the Russian duo was never larger than 2-3 points. They might have had a bit larger advantage but Punzel’s lighter error pulled down their marks for their penultimate jump. Anyway, round 4 seemed to be a kind of ‘death valley’ for the top three as all three medal-contenders gained the lowest marks.

Home favourites, Viktoriya Kesar – celebrating her birthday – and Anna Pysmenska came up with a very good last dive (turned out to be the highest scoring one in the final) but the Germans did almost as good and kept 1.50 points from their advantage.

Now it was up to Uliana Kliueva and Vitaliia Koroleva to grab the title and the Russians didn’t make any mistake. Finished their with a nice dive, especially their synchro points were high enough to earn another gold for their team, the 5th in a row in the last three days of the meet and a second for surprise winner Koroleva within 24 hours.

The Russians dominated these Championships. Two years ago here in Kyiv Russia, Great Britain and Germany claimed three golds apiece while last summer in Glasgow Russia held a 5-4 advantage over the Brits in titles. This time Russia, fielding its strongest team unlike most of the other nations, was outstanding and deservedly topped both the medal chart and the Championship Trophy.

Medal table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Russia 6 2 4 12 Ukraine 3 3 1 7 Germany 2 4 2 8 Netherlands 1 1 0 2 Italy 1 0 1 2 Great Britain 0 2 4 6 France 0 1 0 1 Switzerland 0 0 1 1

Championship Trophy (top 5)

Russia 258, 2. Germany 215, 3. Great Britain 189, 4. Ukraine 179, 5. Italy 155.

Quotes

Oleksii Sereda, Ukraine, gold, 10m platform:

“I’m happy that I could finish on the first place. My third dive was not that good but the others were satisfying.

I wouldn’t say I was not nervous before the competition, if you see differently then you saw it wrong. I was just as nervous as everyone else, I just kept thinking on my dives, wanted to keep my focus and close out any chance to commit any mistakes.

I wasn’t really looking at the other ones’ DDs. As of now, I’ve got used to compete among young divers with the same age as mine where these DDs are the usual ones. The first time I’ve competed with senior divers was at the World Championships and now here at these Europeans, but this did not affect my preparations and my performance. I just try to do my job the best possible and do not really care of the results. But of course, I am happy that I could win, it’s very nice.”

Benjamin Auffret, France, silver, 10m platform:

“I came here for the title so it’s a gold lost and not a silver won, at least I feel like that now. It was a great final, I couldn’t do my best here that’s why it ended like this. Anyway, all credits to Oleksii, he is an amazing diver. I’m not bothered that a 13-year old bettered me – it’s not about the age but about the abilities and he got all the skills already which make him a great diver. It’s so good to have such a talented young competitor join us, we will have a lot of fun in the years coming.”

Ruslan Ternovoi, Russia, bronze, 10m platform:

“I’m not really happy now, I missed some of my dives. If my second one is better I could have even got the silver – but after such a bad dive I should be satisfied with this bronze.”

Uliana Kliueva, Russia, gold, 3m synchro:

“We are very satisfied, especially because it was the last final. I’m not really consent with everything in the competition, I missed some dives, so I’m happy with the gold medal and now we can relax. This is the most important!”

Tina Punzel, Germany, silver, 3m synchro:

“It’s a silver for us. I think we did a pretty solid performance with no mistakes. We wanted to retain our silver medal from last year and we achieved that so we are really happy. It seems everyone could get her individual dives done well so we need to work on our synchronisation and tackle the smaller mistakes for next year.

I watched most of the competition as I thought it would motivate us to give everything. I saw we were very constant throughout the final but I was very nervous before the last jump. We did that well at last, I think. We kind of recovered after our bad days at the World Championships, today we were much better than in Korea.

Our first thought was after the competition: we have done it, now comes the vacation. Three weeks with no jumps – I’m pretty much looking forward to it!”

Viktoriya Kesar, Ukraine, bronze, 3m synchro:

“It was a simple day with the basic warm-up and the basic dives. Now I can finally feel, it’s my birthday and this bronze medal is the best gift for me! I was trying to do my best, our synchronisation was fine but my individual dives weren’t really perfect.”

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European Championships 2018: Medal table, GB medallists and medals by sport

European Championships 2018: Medal table, GB medallists and medals by sport

European Championships 2018: Medal table, GB medallists and medals by sport

This page features the final medal table, GB’s leading multiple medal winners, selected medal tables by sport and GB’s medallists day by day.

Final 2018 medal table (top 10)

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 31 19 16 66 2 Great Britain 26 26 22 74 3 Italy 15 17 28 60 4 Netherlands 15 15 13 43 5 Germany 13 17 23 53 6 France 13 14 15 42 7 Poland 9 6 6 21 8 Ukraine 8 13 5 26 9 Switzerland 8 4 7 19 10 Hungary 7 4 4 15

Today’s GB medal winners

Sunday, 12 August

European Championships 2018: Dina Asher-Smith leads GB women to 4x100m gold

Gold

Gymnastics: Dominick Cunningham – floor

Athletics: Laura Muir – 1500m

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Asha Philip – women’s 4x100m relay

Athletics: CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili and Harry Aikines Aryeetey – men’s 4x100m relay

Silver

Athletics: Eilish McColgan – 5,000m

Bronze

Gymnastics: Courtney Tulloch – rings

Golf: Michele Thomson and Meghan MacLaren – women’s team event

Athletics: Laura Weightman – 1500m

Dominick Cunningham’s winning floor routine

Leading GB athletes

GB athletes to have won three medals or more

Athlete Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Adam Peaty Swimming 4 0 0 4 Duncan Scott Swimming 3 1 0 4 James Guy Swimming 3 0 1 4 Dina Asher-Smith Athletics 3 0 0 3 Georgia Davies Swimming 2 1 1 4 Freya Anderson Swimming 2 0 2 4 Jack Laugher Diving 2 1 0 3 Katie Archibald Cycling 1 2 0 3 Ethan Hayter Cycling 1 0 2 3

NB: Cyclist Laura Kenny and athlete Zharnel Hughes both won two gold medals

Medal tables by sport

Selected sports only

Athletics

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Great Britain 7 5 6 18 2 Poland 7 4 1 12 3 Germany 6 7 6 19

Swimming

Excluding open water swimming and synchronised swimming

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 10 10 6 26 2 Great Britain 9 7 8 24 3 Italy 6 5 11 22

Diving

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 5 4 3 12 2 Great Britain 4 5 1 10 3 Germany 1 2 5 8

Track cycling

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Netherlands 5 0 3 8 2 Great Britain 4 3 3 10 3 Germany 3 4 4 11

Gymnastics

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 4 2 3 9 2 France 1 1 2 4 =3 Belgium 1 1 1 3 =3 Great Britain 1 1 1 3 =3 Netherlands 1 1 1 3

Rowing

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Romania 3 2 2 7 2 France 2 2 1 5 3 Italy 2 1 3 6 12 Great Britain 0 2 2 4

Synchronised swimming

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 8 0 0 8 2 Ukraine 1 5 1 7 3 Italy 0 4 5 9 – Great Britain 0 0 0 0

GB medal winners day by day

Saturday, 11 August – 11 medals

Great Britain duo claim BMX gold & silver

Gold

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith – 200m

BMX: Kyle Evans

Diving: Grace Reid – 3m springboard

Silver

Artistic Gymnastics: Joe Fraser, James Hall, Max Whitlock, Courtney Tulloch and Dominick Cunningham – Men’s team

Athletics:Rabah Yousif, Dwayne Cowan, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Martyn Rooney – 4x400m relay

BMX: Kye Whyte

Diving: Alicia Blagg – 3m springboard

Diving: Matthew Lee and Lois Toulson – synchronised 10m platform

Golf: Michele Thomson, Connor Syme, Liam Johnston and Meghan Maclaren – mixed team competition

Bronze

Athletics: Zoey Clark, Anyika Onuora, Amy Allcock and Eilidh Doyle – 4x400m relay

Athletics: Shara Proctor – long jump

Friday, 10 August – five medals

Hudson-Smith wins 400m gold

Gold

Athletics: Matthew Hudson-Smith – 400m

Silver

Diving: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears – synchronised 3m springboard

Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson – Heptathlon

Bronze

Athletics: Meghan Beesley – 400m hurdles

Athletics: Jake Wightman – 1500m

Thursday, 9 August – 12 medals

GB win men’s relay gold

Gold

Diving: Jack Laugher – 3m springboard

Swimming: Ben Proud – 50m freestyle

Swimming: Nicholas Pyle, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott – men’s 4x100m medley relay

GB’s Jack Laugher wins 3m springboard gold

Silver

Triathlon: Jess Learmonth – women’s triathlon

Diving: Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams – synchronised 10m platform

Swimming: Imogen Clark – 50m breaststroke

Swimming: Max Litchfield – 400m individual medley

Athletics: Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – 200m

Bronze

Swimming: James Guy – 100m butterfly

Swimming: Holly Hibbott – 400m freestyle

Swimming: Georgia Davies, Siobhan- Marie O’Connor, Alys Thomas, Freya Anderson – women’s 4x100m medley relay

Athletics: Holly Bradshaw – pole vault

Wednesday, 8 August – two medals

European Championships 2018: Adam Peaty wins gold in 50m breaststroke

Gold

Swimming: Adam Peaty – 50m breaststroke

Silver

Diving: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam – mixed synchronised 3m springboard

Tuesday, 7 August – 13 medals

Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes & Reece Prescod win 100m gold & silver

Gold

Track cycling: Matthew Walls – men’s elimination race

Diving: Eden Cheng and Lois Toulson – women’s 10m synchronised diving

Diving: Jack Laugher – men’s 1m Springboard

Swimming: Duncan Scott – men’s 200m freestyle

Swimming: Ellie Faulkner, Kathryn Greenslade, Holly Hibbott and Freya Anderson – women’s 4x200m freestyle relay

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith – women’s 100m final

Athletics: Zharnel Hughes – men’s 100m

Silver

Swimming: Ben Proud – men’s 50m butterfly

Swimming: Georgia Davies – women’s 100m backstroke

Athletics: Reece Prescod – men’s 100m

Bronze

Track cycling: Jack Carlin – men’s keirin

Diving: James Heatly – men’s 1m Springboard

Swimming: Molly Renshaw – women’s 200m breaststroke

Monday, 6 August – six medals

Gold and European record for ‘brilliant Brits’ in 4x100m relay

Gold

Swimming: Georgia Davies, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Freya Anderson – mixed 4x100m medley relay

Silver

Swimming: James Wilby – men’s 200m breaststroke

Track cycling: Katie Archibald – women’s omnium 20km points

Bronze

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter and Oliver Wood – men’s madison

Swimming: Alys Thomas – women’s 200m butterfly

Swimming: Max Litchfield – men’s 200m individual medley

Sunday, 5 August – six medals

Laura Kenny delighted with elimination race gold, despite ‘mum guilt’

Gold

Track cycling: Laura Kenny – women’s elimination

Swimming: Georgia Davies – 50m backstroke

Swimming: Calum Jarvis, Duncan Scott, Thomas Dean and James Guy – men’s 4x200m relay

Silver

Swimming: Duncan Scott – 100m freestyle

Bronze

Rowing: Sam Mottram – men’s single scull

Rowing: Harry Leask, Jack Beaumont – men’s double scull

Saturday, 4 August – seven medals

GB’s Peaty breaks breaststroke world record to win gold

Gold

Swimming: Adam Peaty – 100m breaststroke

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter – men’s omnium

Silver

Track cycling – Katie Archibald – 3,000m individual pursuit

Rowing: Thomas Ford, Jacob Dawson, Adam Neill and James Johnston – men’s fours

Rowing: Anastasia Chitty, Katherine Douglas, Holly Hill, Rebecca Girling, Fiona Gammond, Holly Norton, Karen Bennett, Rebecca Shorten – women’s eights

Swimming: James Wilby – 100m breaststroke

Bronze

Swimming: Stephen Milne, Craig McLean, Kathryn Greenslade and Freya Anderson – 4x200m mixed freestyle bronze

Friday, 3 August – four medals

European Championships 2018: GB win first gold in women’s team pursuit

Gold

Track cycling: Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Neah Evans – women’s team pursuit

Silver

Track cycling: Emily Kay – women’s 10km scratch race

Bronze

Swimming: Hannah Miley – women’s 400m individual medley

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter, Steven Burke, Kian Emadi, Charlie Tanfield – – men’s team pursuit

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Commonwealth Games: Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Tom Daley among gold medallists

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How Johnson-Thompson won Commonwealth gold

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Tom Daley were among the winners as home nations athletes secured five gold medals on the ninth day of the Commonwealth Games.

England’s Jack Laugher won his third gold medal on the Gold Coast as he and Chris Mears triumphed in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard competition, with Daley and Dan Goodfellow winning the men’s synchronised 10m platform event.

Elsewhere, bowler Alex Marshall became Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games competitor by claiming a fifth gold as part of the men’s fours, while compatriot Grace Reid won the women’s 1m springboard.

Wales set a new record for most medals won at an overseas Commonwealth Games.

Their previous best was the 25 they secured in New Zealand in 1990, but rhythmic gymnast Laura Halford took them past that figure with a silver in the hoop.

Wrestler Kane Charig added another silver in the men’s -65kg, while Sarah Wixey won bronze in the women’s trap shooting behind Northern Ireland’s Kirsty Barr, who took silver.

England’s Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams finished behind Daley and Goodfellow to take silver in the men’s synchronised 10m platform event, and 18-year-old Niamh Emerson took a bronze in the women’s heptathlon.

There were further medals for the home nations in bowls as Scotland’s Lesley Doig and Claire Johnston beat Canada’s Leanne Chinery and Kelly McKerihen 18-10 to win women’s pairs bronze.

7. Scotland (nine gold, 13 silver, 19 bronze, 41 total), 10. Wales (seven gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze, 29 total), 21. Northern Ireland (one gold, one silver, four bronze, six total), 28. Isle of Man (one silver)

The England quartet of Louis Ridout, David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Samuel Tolchard won bronze with a 15-9 victory over the Welsh team of Ross Owen, Stephen Harris, Marc Wyatt and Jonathan Tomlinson in the men’s fours.

England’s Robert Paxton defeated Scotland’s Darren Burnett in the men’s singles bronze medal match in the bowls.

Another Englishman, Charlie Bowling, won bronze in the -65kg wrestling, Scotland’s Seonaid McIntosh claimed bronze in the 50m rifle three positions shooting competition and England’s Sam Gowin finished with bronze in the rapid-fire 25m pistol event.

England’s James Arnott took a silver medal in the men’s T47 100m race.

Daley collects fourth Commonwealth gold

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Daley & Goodfellow win 10m diving gold ahead England team-mates

Daley had won gold in the synchronised 10m platform diving with Max Brick in 2010, and a silver with James Denny in Glasgow four years ago.

But the 23-year-old returned to the gold-medal position with Goodfellow, 21, in Australia as the pair scored 405.81 points. Fellow Englishmen Dixon and Williams, both 17, collected 399.99 points to take silver.

Daley has now won four Commonwealth gold medals, having also won 10m platform individual golds in 2010 and 2014. Injury meant he could not defend his individual title this time.

“I didn’t know if I was going to be able to compete so this medal means a whole lot to me,” said Daley.

“This has been a really rough and rocky ride. It was close to whether I would be pulled from the synchro. I had massage, compression, ice baths – I did everything I could to get myself in the best possible shape.”

Goodfellow added: “He has been struggling all week but it shows what a great competitor he is. We only did our dives two days ago so we didn’t know what would happen.”

Laugher, who had already won the men’s 1m springboard and 3m springboard, secured his third gold of the Games as he and Mears scored 436.17 points, well clear of Canada’s Philippe Gagne and Francois Imbeau-Dulac on 415.23.

Record-breaking day for Marshall

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Scotland win lawn bowls men’s fours gold

Marshall, 51, won his fifth Commonwealth gold medal as he helped Scotland to a dramatic victory over Australia in the bowls men’s fours.

Australia led 8-2 after three ends and 13-11 in the final end, but Marshall’s team picked up four shots to win gold.

This latest success means Marshall eclipsed sprinter Alan Wells and Para-cyclist Neil Fachie, who both won four Commonwealth golds for Scotland.

It also means Scotland have won five bowls medals on the Gold Coast, but they were denied a sixth as Burnett lost 21-14 to Paxton in the men’s singles bronze medal match.

‘I’m glad it’s finally over’

Johnson-Thompson added heptathlon gold to the pentathlon title she won at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last month.

Having led after the first day, the 25-year-old went 31cm clear of the rest of the field in the long jump, before throwing 40.46m in the javelin.

Johnson-Thompson safely negotiated the final event, the 800m, to finish on 6,255 points, 122 more than Canada’s Nina Schultz, who took the silver.

“I was nursing an injury going into day two. I’m just happy I made it over the line; there was no way I was stopping,” Johnson-Thompson told BBC Sport.

“I’m so happy. It’s been a long, emotional two days but I’m glad it’s finally over.”

Emerson, 18, won the 800m to climb from fourth place and take the bronze medal.

Zharnel Hughes, who finished first in the men’s 200m but was subsequently disqualified for impeding rival Jereem Richards, helped England into Saturday’s 4x100m relay final.

But the 4x400m team were eliminated after lead runner Matthew Hudson-Smith fell to the track in pain with a leg injury after only 50 metres of the opening leg.

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England fail to qualify as Matt Hudson-Smith pulls up injured

England missed out on further athletics medals as Holly Bradshaw and Molly Caudery came fourth and fifth respectively in the women’s pole vault, Sophie McKenna finished fifth in the shot put and Alexandra Bell was fifth in the 800m.

Busy day in the boxing

There was boxing throughout day nine in Australia with 13 fighters from the home nations moving into their respective finals on Saturday.

Six Northern Irish boxers – Brendan Irvine (men’s -52kg), James McGivern (men’s -60kg), Carly McNaul (women’s -51kg), Kurt Walker (men’s -56kg), Aidan Walsh (men’s -69kg) and Michaela Walsh (women’s -57kg) – won their semi-final bouts on Friday, although Steven Donnelly had to settle for bronze in the men’s -75kg tournament.

England enjoyed a good day in the boxing ring as well as Galal Yafai (men’s -49kg), Lisa Whiteside (women’s -51kg), Peter McGrail (men’s -56kg), Pat McCormack (men’s -69kg) and Frazer Clarke (men’s +91kg) all advanced into finals.

There were semi-final defeats for Luke McCormack (men’s -64kg) and Cheavon Clarke (men’s -91kg) with both men getting bronze medals.

Wales had mixed fortunes as Lauren Price (women’s -75kg) and Sammy Lee (men’s -81kg) both reached finals, but Michael McDonagh lost in the men’s -60kg category.

The two Scottish fighters who had reached the semi-finals – Reece McFadden (men’s -52kg) and John Docherty (men’s -75kg) – both lost their fights.

It means there will be a total of 16 home nations fighters going for gold on Saturday as Wales’ Rosie Eccles (women’s -69kg), England’s Sandy Ryan (women’s -69kg) and Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara (women’s 45-48kg) had booked their places in finals earlier this week.

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Two extraordinary competitions thrilled the crowd on the fourth day at the European Diving Championships in Kyiv. In the women’s 3m final 3.70 points separated the three medallists while the margin was 4.74 in the men’s 10m synchro. Russia’s Kristina Ilinykh missed the 3m title and the Olympic qualification by 1.25 points, while Inge Jansen, celebrating a second-ever Dutch gold in this event, had already secured her berth in Tokyo at the Worlds. The Russians got better news earlier when Aleksandr Belevtsev and Nikita Shleikher won the 10m synchro in a fierce battle.

(L to R) SERBIN OLEH, SEREDA OLEKSIIUKR Ukraina silver medal, BELEVTSEV ALEKSANDR, SHLEIKHER NIKITA RUS Russia Gold Medal, DIXON MATTHEW, WILLIAMS NOAH GBR Great Britain Bronze medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving 10 meter platform synchro men podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) JANSEN INGE NED Netherlands Gold Medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving 3 meter springboard women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) ILINYKH KRISTINA RUS Russia silverMedal, JANSEN INGE NED Netherlands Gold Medal, PUNZEL TINA GER Germany bronze medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving 3 meter springboard women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) JANSEN INGE NED Netherlands Gold Medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving 3 meter springboard women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

PUNZEL TINA GER Germany Women – 3m Springboard – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BELEVTSEV ALEKSANDR RUS Russia, SHLEIKHER NIKITA RUS Russia Men – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SERBIN OLEH UKR Ukraina, SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

SERBIN OLEH UKR Ukraina, SEREDA OLEKSII UKR Ukraina Men – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

DIXON MATTHEW GBR Great Britain, WILLIAMS NOAH GBR Great Britain Men – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BELEVTSEV ALEKSANDR RUS Russia, SHLEIKHER NIKITA RUS Russia Men – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

ILINYKH KRISTINA RUS Russia Women – 3m Springboard – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

JANSEN INGE NED Netherlands Women – 3m Springboard – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

JANSEN INGE NED Netherlands Women – 3m Springboard – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 08/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Medallists, Day 4

Men’s 10m synchro: 1. Aleksandr Belevtsev, Nikita Shleikher (RUS) 417.30, 2. Oleksii Sereda, Oleh Serbin (UKR) 413.16, 3. Matthew Dixon, Noah Williams (GBR) 412.56

Women’s 3m springboard: 1. Inge Jansen (NED) 293.85, 2. Kristina Ilinykh (RUS) 292.60, 3. Tina Punzel (GER) 290.15

The second Olympic qualifying event of the meet, the women’s 3m offered everything diving is loved for. The lead was changing constantly, almost all finalists had ups and downs so not until the very last dive the outcome had been decided.

For a while Ukraine’s Olena Fedorova seemed to be on track to gain the Olympic berth, she performed three fine dives, led after two rounds and was second with two more to go. But then the morning shadows started chasing her again – she qualified in the last, 12th spot – and a badly missed jump took her out of the contest.

Inge Jansen topped the ranks after three rounds, had a session-high 67.50 in Round 2, but the Dutch couldn’t make her fourth cleanly so the gap was reduced to 7-9 points before the final round. Kristina Ilinykh in the meantime climbed higher and higher after her weaker opening just like 2013 champion Tina Punzel, who had to bounce back after her 3rd round horrors but got 67.50 to her fourth and that propelled her to the second position.

The pressure was on Ilinykh, however, since among the top three only she was shy of the Olympic berth. Jansen and Punzel had the very same dive in the fifth, and got the very same score, 63.00, so the Dutch kept the 3.70 points gap between them. (Punzel earned her third medal here after gold in the team event and silver in the mixed 3m.)

Ilinykh, topping the prelims, was the last to dive and faced a big challenge: needed 70.25 points to win the competition, so had to come up with the best attempt of the whole evening. Well, she was up to the task, performed a great forward 2.5 somersaults with a twist, got 7.0-8.0s, still, missed the gold by 1.25 points as the dive was worth ‘only’ 69.00 points – the best of the evening but not enough to send her to Tokyo. (According to the current reading of the rules, double qualification by the same athlete didn’t give any of the two spots to the next highest ranked diver – Jansen got a berth at the Worlds by making the finals and as a winner here also earned the Olympic place. The LEN TDC is to turn to FINA for further clarification, since in other disciplines – like in water polo – the rules share the spots in similar scenarios.)

The first part of the afternoon session already thrilled the fans who had arrived with high expectations to watch the nation’s new star Oleksii Sereda in action. The 13-year old stunned the diving community by flawless performances at the World Championships three weeks ago (finished 4th both in the 10m synchro and in the individual final in Gwangju).

The first two rounds warmed up the complex for the climax of the 10m synchro event as the high DD-dives were yet to commence. And the following two rounds divided the field, after R4 it was clearly a three-horse race with the Russians, the Ukrainians and the British.

Aleksandr Belevtsev and Nikita Shleikher were on fire, in the first four rounds all their marks were in the range of 8.0-9.0s. The middle two jumps were both 80+ pointers, so they built a massive 20-point lead ahead of Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams, plus the local favourites Oleksii Sereda and Oleh Serbin. Just to demonstrate how close it was: after four rounds only 0.18 point separated the latter two.

Soon came the first dramatic scenes as the Russians made their first mistake, Shleikher got only a couple of 5.5s for his dive and the synchro marks also fell below 7.0. Since they jumped first, their rivals could see that the door got wide open – though it was also clear that the Ukrainians needed to be at their best as their DDs were significantly lower in the last two rounds: 3.0 and 3.2, while the Russians had a 3.4 (which they just messed up a bit) and 3.6 for finish, while the Brits had a 3.2 and a 3.7 to perform. The hosts’ fifth dive was a great one and Dixon&Co. also came up big so the gap was reduced to 6 and 8 points before the last round.

Finally – as it happens frequently – the DDs decided the outcome. The Russians bounced back a bit, their last dive wasn’t the very best (mostly 7.5s) but good enough to receive 83.16. As for the hosts, Sereda was brilliant again (he got all 9.0s for his last two dives), Serbin made the last an outstanding one too, so it was all 9.0s and even a 9.5 flashed on the board but the lower difficulty limited their progress. They cashed in 86.40 points – the highest of the competition though not enough to pass the Russians.

For the Brits, with their 4 and a half summersaults (DD3.7, the highest in this event), it was an all-in situation as a great dive would have won them the title. Well, they fell just a bit short, it was a fair but not great attempt which left them in the bronze medal position, just 0.60 points behind the Ukrainians and 4.74 behind the Russians which showed how close the entire race was.

Quotes

Inge Jansen, Netherlands, gold, 3m springboard

“Obviously, I’m very-very happy because I won and especially because two years ago I came fourth here. I really wanted to show that I could do better by producing my best. I tried to enjoy all my dives and I just did that! I didn’t expect that it was going to be enough to finish first so I’m absolutely happy now.

Between my dives I was listening to music and tried to focus on my next one. I just tried to approach this final step by step, so I tried to do five separate dives.”

Kristina Ilinykh, Russia, silver, 3m springboard

“To be honest, I’m a little but upset. I think I could have done better. I missed a couple of my dives which I usually perform better, that’s why I cannot be happy with this silver medal.”

Tina Punzel, Germany, bronze, 3m springboard

It’s a laughing and a crying eye. I have rarely seen such a crazy competition, I guess. No one could do five good dives. That’s why it annoys me even the more, that despite I’ve also made a big mistake, I still got so close to gold. On the other hand, I enjoyed the competition, the last two jumps were very good. It was a good lesson, I got some more experience and now try to enjoy this bronze. I already have a complete set of medals again and I have more chances too.”

Aleksandr Belevtsev, Russia, gold, 10m synchro

“We were training a lot to get this medal and I’m very happy that we achieved it. The practice is the major factor in our win but the sports diet and our weight are also key elements for our win.”

Oleksii Sereda, Ukraine, silver, 10m synchro:

“I’m happy that we got the silver medal. To be honest, I’m a bit tired after the World Championships. I did everything I could so I’m satisfied with this result.”

Matthew Dixon, Great Britain, bronze, 10m synchro:

“We didn’t expect that medal because everything can happen on the given day. We just tried to do our best dives and see what happens. That was a really good competition we got personal bests, we got the bronze medal and we are really happy with it.”

For detailed results please visit:

http://divingkyiv2019.microplustiming.com/index_web.php

Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia / Giorgio Scala

European Diving Championships, Kyiv (UKR) – Day 4: High dramas, Jansen wins by 1.25 points in 3m Two extraordinary competitions thrilled the crowd on the fourth day at the European Diving Championships in Kyiv.

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Six years after his last individual title, Patrick Hausding made it again. The 30-year old German won the 1m final with a magical last dive to claim his 15th European gold, the second here in Kyiv. Italy also enjoyed a fine afternoon, Noemi Batki and Chiara Pellacani claimed gold in the 10m synchro, followed by a bronze by Lorenzo Marsaglia in the 1m.

(L to R) BANKS PHOEBE, MARTIN EMILYGBR Great BrItain Silver Medal, BATKI NOEMI, PELLACANI CHIARA ITA Italy Gold Medal, BELIAEVA EKATERINA, TIMOSHININA IULIIA RUS Russia BRONZE Medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving 10 meters platform synchro women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

(L to R) KOLODIY OLEG UKR Ukraina silver medal, HAUSDING PATRICK GER Germany Gold Medal, MARSAGLIA LORENZO ITA Italy bronze medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving 1 meter springboard men podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

HAUSDING PATRICK GER Germany Gold Medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving 1 meter springboard men podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BATKI NOEMI, PELLACANI CHIARA Italy ITA Gold Medal Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving 10 meters platform synchro women podium Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

KOLODIY OLEG UKR Ukraina Men – 1m Springboard – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

HAUSDING PATRICK GER Germany Men – 1m Springboard – Preliminary Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BELIAEVA EKATERINA RUS Russia, TIMOSHININA IULIIA RUS Russia Women – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BATKI NOEMI ITA Italy, PELLACANI CHIARA ITA Italy Women – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BANKS PHOEBE GBR Great BrItain, MARTIN EMILY GBR Great Britain Women – Synchronised Platform – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

MARSAGLIA LORENZO ITA Italy Men – 1m Springboard – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

HAUSDING PATRICK GER Germany Men – 1m Springboard – Final Kyiv, Ukraine UKR 07/08/2019 Diving Len European Diving Championships 2019 Sport Arena Liko Kyiv, Ukraine Photo © Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Medallists, Day 3

Women’s 10m synchro: 1. Noemi Batki, Chiara Pellacani (ITA) 290.34, 2. Phoebe Banks, Emily Martin (GBR) 284.40, 3. Ekaterina Beliaeva, Iulia Timoshinina (RUS) 277.50

Men’s 1m: 1. Patrick Hausding (GER) 388.85, 2. Oleg Kolodiy (UKR) 381.50, 3. Lorenzo Marsaglia (ITA) 380.15

Italy opened its golden account in Kyiv by a fine win in the 10m synchro, courtesy of Noemi Batki and Chiara Pellacani. As sometimes happens in this event, fewer mistakes earn titles for those who don’t drop under a certain level. That was exactly the case with the Italians: while their dives were not of top quality (received 6.0-6.5s to their last two 3.2DD attempts respectively), but the synchronisation was the best in the field, a series of 7.5-8.0s arrived in each round. Since the two divers had less practice together than usual as Pellacani focuses on her 3m Olympic qualification campaign, their efforts deserve even higher credits – and, ultimately, deserved a gold medal.

Great Britain’s rookies Phoebe Banks and Emily Martin caused a pleasant surprise as they finished runners-up, only 5.94 points shy of the Italians. They also used the chance ‘created’ by the Russians who led after two rounds but then struck the third dive, which seemed to be a cursed one for Ekaterina Beliaeva. Just like a day earlier, when she failed to hold her armstand in the individual final and with a zero-pointer she fell from top to bottom in that very round, this time she missed her dive dreadfully, received 1.0 and 2.0 and the synchro marks were also ruined. They bounced back then, came up with two dives earning the highest scores respectively but had to settle for the bronze.

The men’s 1m final ended up in a real thriller as the lead was changing constantly and no one could gain any bigger advantage. Before the last round home favourite Oleg Kolodiy topped the ranks but had a low DD dive to perform so the following four could aim for something bigger while they were separated by as little as 1.05 points.

Kolodiy came up with a fine last attempt but only with a DD of 2.6. Still, he kept the lead ahead of Jordan Houlden – the Brit had a modest one and finished 1.40 shy of the Ukrainian. Poland’s Kacper Lesiak also eyed the podium but couldn’t perform his most difficult dive as nice as the first three which had put him in the third place back then. The bronze landed in the neck of Lorenzo Marsaglia, winner of the prelims, whose middle two dives didn’t go as well as he planned (under-60s) but especially his final one was a brilliant 72-pointer, enough to edge out Houlden by 0.35 points for the third place.

By then the battle for the title had been over. Patrick Hausding used all his experience and knowledge to pull off the best attempt of the whole evening for 75.20 points with plenty of 8.0s among the marks. It was a kind of magic from the German great who clinched his last individual golds at the home, at the 2014 Europeans in Berlin when he won the 1m and the 3m as well. Six years later, aged 30, he had it again and added another gold to his unique treasury, the second one after the team event: now he possesses 31 medals including 15 golds – and counting…

Quotes

Noemi Batki, Italy, gold, 10m synchro

“When the Russians missed their dive in the third round, we were like, hey, what’s going on here? – but then we had to refocus and concentrate on our dives. I think we managed to do a good job despite we couldn’t train that much together this year. Chiara is more a springboard diver and she wants to qualify for the Olympics in 3m so she rather prepares for that, we could not even practice every dive here before this competition so it was a kind of all-in event from our side but it worked.”

Emily Martin, Great Britain, silver, 10m synchro

“We are quite happy with this medal. We kept our balance for the whole competition, our dives were on a constantly good level. We performed the last one for the first time in competition, it was a kind of gambling but paid off at the end.”

Ekaterina Beliaeva, Russia, bronze, 10m synchro

“We were hoping for a better result, indeed to claim the gold medal. But in the third round I couldn’t hold my legs, I was unable to complete the move, and this bad dive cost us the gold medal.”

Patrick Hausding, Germany, gold, 1m springboard

“The competition was not perfect. I had my reserves here and there, but the others didn’t make perfect jumps either while I could finish the competition with my best dive.

You have to keep your nerves. I always do the two and a half summersaults at the end, because this is my parade jump, that’s how I secured silver here two years ago and gold in Berlin 2014. This is a jump that causes a bit of a stir all the time. If that works really well, then you might receive some extra marks.

Even though this is not an Olympic event, I love to do it. I don’t jump from 10m any more so I have the time to practice it and the level of this competition is just the same you have in the 3m, these are real title battles at the European Championships so I’m keen to be part of it and I really value to have this gold added to my collection.”

Oleg Kolodiy, Ukraine, silver, 1m springboard

“I’m glad since this is my second medal at these European Championships. It was so exciting again to compete in front of our fans and it was a really thrilling final. I’m really happy now.”

Lorenzo Marsaglia, Italy, bronze, 1m springboard

“I’m really satisfied with this bronze medal. This is the first big result I’ve achieved at European Championships. I know that the top four were really close to each other, but I made it, I’m on the podium, so I’m really happy now.”

For detailed results please visit:

http://divingkyiv2019.microplustiming.com/index_web.php

Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia / Giorgio Scala

European Diving Championships, Kyiv (UKR) – Day 3: Patrick’s magic works again, gold and bronze for Italy Six years after his last individual title, Patrick Hausding made it again. The 30-year old German won the 1m final with a magical last dive to claim his 15th European gold, the second here in Kyiv.

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Kvasha sends the locals to seventh heaven

Kiev (LEN) – A seventh European title for Illya Kvasha on 1m, seventh heaven for the local fans. This is the balance after host Ukraine got the first gold at the 2017 European Diving Championships. Kvasha finished atop in his “living room”, at the Sport Centre LIKO as he took the lead after the fourth dive and claimed gold with a total of 431.75 points in a thrilling competition. Great Britain stroke another gold, this time in the women’s 10m synchro.

RUS, GBR, UKR 10 m.W.Syn (L to R) Belova, Timoshinina RUS Silver Medal, Bower, Banks GBR Gold medal, Liulko, Lyskun UKR Bronze medal 10 m. Women Synchro Platform Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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BOWER Ruby GBR, BANKS Phoebe GBR Synchronised Platform Women Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

HAUSDING Patrick GER 1m Springboard Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

KVASHA Illya UKR 1m Springboard Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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1m. Men Podium (L to R) Patrick Hausding GER Silver Medal, Iliya Kvasha UKR Gold medal, Mathieu Rosset FRA Bronze medal 1 m. Men Springboard Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

1m. Men Podium (L to R) Patrick Hausding GER Silver Medal, Iliya Kvasha UKR Gold medal, Mathieu Rosset FRA Bronze medal 1 m. Men Springboard Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day03 14-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

Behind the local hero came two former winners, Patrick Hausding (2014) from Germany and Matthieu Rosset (2015) from France. They fought a hot duel for silver and bronze respectively. After the fourth round only 0.1 points separated them. In the end, credit to a strong last dive, Hausding secured silver with 419.80 points. Rosset won his second medal in Kiev after taking gold in the team event on the opening day, this time a bronze with 412.95 points.

“That was my seventh European title on the 1 m springboard since 2008,” said Kvasha. “The support of the audience helped me a lot. Coming to the end of the competition I knew that I was leading. But I only realised after the last dive that I had won. I hope I can repeat this performance in my next events here.”

After the misfortune on the first competition day with his blackout in the team event, Patrick Hausding was happy with the silver: “I’ve showed difficult dives and can be satisfied with my performance today. To beat Illya Kvasha in front of his home crowd is almost impossible. He is an institution and his victory was absolutely deserved.” Bronze medallist Matthieu Rosset was also satisfied with his performance: “Today we had a really good and great final, although it was a bit difficult for me to compete right after Illya Kvasha. My jumping phase was not quite optimal today. On the other hand, the diving phase was much better than in the past.”

In a close competition, British divers Ruby Bower and Phoebe Banks grabbed the synchro platform gold with a total of 299.19 points. The young duo took the lead after the fourth of the five dives. Earning only two points less, Russia’s Iuliia Timoshinina, together with her new partner Valeriia Belova, claimed the silver medal (297.00 points), while Ukraine’s Valeriia Liulko and Sofiia Lyskin were able to win bronze (288.96) in the first big final of their careers.

“This was an exciting competition with a completely surprising end for us”, Brit Ruby Banks said. “As the youngest duo today, we would never have expected to win, especially since this was one of our first synchro competitions together.” The Ukrainians, who had flirted with the silver medal, had to settle for the bronze in the end. „We were very nervous, that’s why we made some stupid mistakes. Otherwise we could have made it to second place. While the competition was running, we didn’t look at the scoreboard, but focused only on ourselves.”

Medal table (after 5 of 13 competitions)

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Great Br. 2 0 0 Ukraine 1 2 1 France 1 0 1 Italy 1 0 0 Russia 0 2 2 Germany 0 1 1

  Press release from LEN, images courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Giorgio Scala

Kiev 2017 European Diving Championships, Day 3 Kvasha sends the locals to seventh heaven Kiev (LEN) – A seventh European title for Illya Kvasha on 1m, seventh heaven for the local fans.