Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix capped a dream debut European Diving Championships as she secured her second medal with women’s 10m Platform bronze.
The 16-year-old sensation won mixed 10m Synchro silver with Noah Williams two days before and added another medal to her collection with a score of 326.60 points, finishing only a few points off another silver.
Fellow Brit Lois Toulson narrowly missed out on a medal following a battle with her compatriot, finishing on 321.10 in fifth.
That made it three medals for Great Britain at the championships, following on from Jack Laugher’s silver in the men’s 1m Springboard.
Toulson barely made it through the prelims earlier in the day but was much stronger in the final, delivering a solid start to sit third after her first two dives.
Another European medal to add to Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix's collection! 🥉
— British Swimming (@britishswimming) May 13, 2021
She wins the battle for bronze in the Women's 10m Platform inside the Duna Arena 🎉👏
A strong third dive, a 3.2 degree of difficulty armstand back double summersaults 1 ½ twists, continued the theme as Toulson moved two points off the silver in third.
And after a shaky start, Spendolini-Sirieix fought back to move into fourth after three rounds with a brilliant inward 3 ½ somersaults tuck on her second dive.
With one round to go, the British duo sat third and fourth but this time it was Spendolini-Sirieix was in front.
Toulson did all she could with her final dive, scoring a solid 68.80 points from her back 2 ½ somersaults 1 ½ twists pike.
Spendolini-Sirieix, meanwhile, registered the same score with her final dive to pip Toulson into third and cap a sensational championships for the young Brit.
Elsewhere, earlier in the men’s 3m synchro final, Laugher and Dan Goodfellow finished sixth with a score of 360.63 points.
The duo, who won World Cup 3m springboard gold less than two weeks ago, could not replicate that success despite sitting second at the halfway stage.
An error from Laugher on the fourth dive saw GB fall to sixth, but they will live to fight another day at Tokyo later this year.
Sportsbeat 2021
Photo Credit: LEN European Aquatics