Women make history
Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow claimed Great Britain’s first ever women’s international diving medal after snatching bronze in the platform synchro at the FINA World Cup tonight.
The duo looked dead and buried with a dive to go but nailed their back two-and-a-half somersault half twist to jump from eighth to third.
It meant a first medal for Britain at this week’s meet at the Olympic Aquatics Centre and was a stunning breakthrough for the duo after they agonisingly finished fourth at last July’s World Championships.
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