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Bronze for Haffety in Italy

1 Jul 2014

Millie Haffety won the British Gas GBR Diving Team’s first medal of the European Junior Diving Championships in Bergamo, Italy.

Haffety won bronze in the Group B 3m Springboard and after finishing fifth in the prelims she showed her maturity to move up to third.

The City of Sheffield diver took her first medal of the Championships after scoring 362.40. Teammate Sarah Leach finished fourth with a score of 360.35.

The British contingent for the Team Event consisted of Sam Thornton, Francesca Del Celo, Lois Toulson and James Heatly and they took fifth place over all. They scored 272.95 points overall.

William Hallam reached his first European Junior Championship final in the boys’ 1m Springboard.

Hallam (Bradford Esprit) finished in sixth place to go one better than the prelims. He scored a total of 361.90.