Saturday, 15 May 2021
British pair Tom Daley and Matthew Lee claimed men’s 10m synchronised platform gold on the penultimate day of diving events at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Daley and Lee took the title with a final tally of 477.57, as Britain celebrated its first golds in the diving pool of the championships.
After receiving 43 scores of either 9.0 or 9.5 out of a possible 54 the British pair finished 5.6 points ahead of Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minibaev of Russia who took silver following a high-quality battle with 471.96.
Bronze medals went to Timo Barthel and Patrick Hausding of Germany who finished significantly behind the top two with a final total of 424.32 points.
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Olivier, Cunha seal thrilling victories
14 Mar 2021 - 8:59
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Doha: Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) and Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) posted exciting wins in the season-opening 10km FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2021 Doha (QAT) held at Katara Beach yesterday.
Olympic bronze medallist Olivier took 1:52:02.4 to bag his second consecutive title in the Qatari capital, while five-time World Champion Cunha edged Océane Cassignol (FRA) in a photo finish, clocking 2:01:30.3 to regain her Doha title after the 2019 triumph.
In the men’s race – the final event of the day starting at 2pm - 2019 FINA World Championships gold medallist (5km) Kristof Rasovszky (HUN) was ahead in the first two laps before Olivier picked pace to set up the victory.
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