Young Diving sensation Tom Daley has taken bronze in the men’s 10m Platform at the second leg of the FINA Diving World Series in Changzhou, China.
On his way to the final, Daley won his semi-final with a huge score of 532.95 and beat Olympic Champion Matthew Mitcham into third place. Mitcham failed to progress to the final while Daley celebrated his highest ever score in competition.
Olympian Daley went one better in the final and scored another impressive final score of 540.70 even though he dropped marks on one dive. He now goes into the Sheffield leg of the series with a bronze medal already under his belt.
Fourteen-year-old, Daley, finished just behind China’s silver medallist Qiu Bo with a score of 542.25 and the gold medal was won by China’s Luxin Zhou with a total of 560.00.
The British Gas Diving squad just missed out on a medal in the men’s 3m Synchro after Nicholas Robinson-Baker and Ben Swain were edged out of bronze place by the German team.
Robinson-Baker and Swain performed consistently throughout the rounds but just missed out on the bronze medal by seven points and they had to settle for fourth place with a score of 430.58.
The gold went to the Chinese team with a score of 467.25, silver was won by the Russians in 452.07 and bronze went to the German team with a score of 437.55.
In the women’s 3m Individual, Olympian Rebecca Gallantree finished third in her semi-final with a score of 310.90. This left Gallantree in sixth place overall. In the men’s 3m Individual, Ben Swain finished fourth in his semi-final with a score of 393.00 and this left him in eighth place overall.
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For further details contact British Swimming Media Officer Gemma Field on 01509 632238, 07917 726431 or email gemma.field@swimming.org
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