The newly formed partnership of Eden Cheng and Lois Toulson struck gold and claimed the Women's 10m Synchro European title on the second day of competition in Edinburgh.
After the opening the round the pair were tied in first place with the Russian team on 49.80 but then slipped down the rankings after a dropped dive in the second.
Cheng and Toulson remained composed throughout and three solid dives followed. Their final dive, a Back 2 1/2 Somersaults 1 1/2 Twists Piked which scored 69.12, catapulted them into the number one spot and secured Great Britain's first gold medal of the 2018 European Diving Championships.
"It feels amazing to take the gold, I don't think we were expecting to get a medal, so yeah always good to get an unexpected medal. It sets me and obviously the rest of the team up really for the rest of the week.
"There is lots of potential within this partnership and we're both very young so we're both just excited to see where it can go
Cheng then added, "We were very focused on our own dives throughout and that enabled us to just concentrate on ensuring that we took off and then entered at the same time."
Their final score was that sealed the podium-topping finish was 289.74.
The GBR pairing flanked joined on the podium by the duo from Russia, Iuliia Timoshinina and Ekaterina Beliaeva, who scored 288.60 for the silver and bronze went to Maria Kurjo and Elena Wassen of Germany with 284.64.
After the pair had collected their medals, Kim White, GBR Diving Team Leader said, "It's always really important to start a competition off well, getting that medal will motivate everyone and put the rest of the team on a high and then there is almost an expectation to continue which really spurs everyone.
"Alexei [British Diving Performance Director] and I have spent a lot of time over the last very months working on who our Women's 10m Synchro pair was going to be due to retirements. We've tried a number of pairings and combinations and following a win at this year's Rostock Grand Prix, plus a top-eight finish at FINA World Cup this will be our Women's 10m Synchro partnership heading into Tokyo."
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