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The culmination of the 2025 World Aquatics Diving World Cup Series witnessed three medals from Great Britain’s synchro diving pairs in competition at the iconic Beijing 2008 Olympic Water Cube venue.
A stunning Men’s 3m Synchro silver medal from Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding opened the medal count, with brilliant bronzes from Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen (Women’s 3m Synchro) and Lois Toulson and Maisie Bond (Women’s 10m Synchro) following in hot pursuit on the first day of competition – while Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix made it through to the final four of the Women’s 10m Platform as the new head-to-head diving format was showcased in individual events for the very first time.
That silver medal for Laugher and Harding was delivered with remarkable quality across their Men’s 3m Synchro list – including a 92.24-point haul in the sixth round for their Forward 4 1/2 Somersaults Tuck (109C) to firmly establish second place on 434.88 points, behind only China in the standings.
“That’s a solid performance we pulled off,” said Laugher
“We learnt a lot from the first two stops of the World Cup, but we still don't have our full diving list back which we competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics. There's still time for that to come for the Singapore World Championships. A really good step forward."
Women’s 3m Synchro Paris medallists, Harper and Mew Jensen, secured their first podium of the 2025 World Cup series with a strong performance - highlighted by their excellent third round Forward 2½ Somersaults 1 Twist Pike (5152B) – to ultimately finish in bronze position, just marginally behind the Australian pair they’d been closely tied with on points throughout.
"We're really, really pleased with the outcome. We've been working on that but I think we just wanted to have fun, embrace our training, and be confident in each other and ourselves," said Mew Jensen.
The final British medal of the competition came courtesy of Toulson and Bond, who backed up their Women's 10m Synchro bronze medal earned at the Windsor, Canada leg with another third-placed finish to further their credentials as a pair on the world stage. Getting stronger through each of the optional dives, the British pair crowned their performance with an impressive 72.00 points scored on their final dive – a Back 2 1/2 Somersaults 1 1/2 Twists Pike (5253B).
On pairing up with her new 17-year-old dive partner and their performance, Toulson commented:
"It's been really nice and fun to dive with Maisie [Bond] this season, it makes me feel young again. The competition was so close that we could have won silvers or finished seventh, so we are delighted with these bronzes."
Away from the podium, Spendolini-Sirieix made it deep into the Women’s 10m Platform contest, passing through the head-to head and semi-final rounds to finish just shy of the medal places overall in fourth. Bond – taking up the late opportunity of a Women’s 10m Platform reserve spot – was eliminated at the head-to head stage, while Laugher and Jordan Houlden both progressed as far as the Men’s 3m Springboard semi-finals.
Speaking on the format and his tough semi-final draw, Laugher said:
"I think for the crowd, they get to see the head-to-head, semifinal and the final in one time, and this is really good fun. It is very fast-paced and very captivating. You’re required to be mentally focused on the competition across two hours by using a lot of brain power - and this isn't like anything we would normally do in daily training sessions.
"The draw was very important and difficult. I am sad because, in my semifinal, I scored 480 points and beat everybody in the other semifinal, but I didn't make it to the final. I think that maybe World Aquatics hopefully could change a few things if this continues next year - it can be a slightly different format, but with the same idea. I think this is a really good learning curve for all of us. I'm really happy I did a good performance, but I would have loved to be in the final and to fight the medals."
With the World Cup Series concluded, Britain's divers will now be aiming to take their positive performances forward into the 2025 Aquatics GB Diving Championships (5th-8th June) – an event which plays a key role in the athlete selections for this summer’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
Full results from the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2025 – Super Final can be found on the World Aquatics website.