Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix have made history by winning Great Britain’s first world championships diving medal in a women’s event. The pair took silver in the 10m synchro in Fukuoka, Japan. The medal marks another notable achievement for the duo after they won European gold in Rome last year.
Toulson and Spendolini-Sirieix’s third-round score of 70.20 put them in a healthy position for a medal and they added a 70-point plus score in round four. The pair then finished with their highest score, 74.88, giving them a final tally of 311.76.
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That left them second behind China’s Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan with the American pair of Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto with bronze. Toulson told British Swimming: “Coming into this competition, we both knew we could do it, but that sometimes makes it worse.
“I’ve been after a world medal for a while now, so to finally come away with one, and next to Andrea with a good performance, it makes all the hard work feel worth it.”
Spendolini-Sirieix, the daughter of the TV personality Fred Sirieix, said: “I’m so proud of us, and to see women in sport excelling, proving we can do everything.
“We have achieved so many goals – we got the Paris [Olympics] spot, we got more than 300 points, we improved on the prelims and then adding to history is a beautiful moment.”