Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson plunged into diving folklore with Britain's first-ever World Championship medal in a women's diving event in Japan.
The dynamic duo clinched a sensational silver in the women's 10m platform synchro in Fukuoka, scoring a total of 311.76 on top of sealing a Paris 2024 quota spot.
Toulson, 23, and Spendolini-Sirieix, 18, made their partnership debut less than a year ago at the 2022 European Championships and have continued to impress since.
And securing their dream medal in Japan was only sweetened with a slice of British diving history.
World silver 🤝 Olympic qualification@andreassirieix and @LoisToulson proving that all the best things come in pairs🥈#Fukoka2023 pic.twitter.com/WQGRMLLQZj
— Team GB (@TeamGB) July 16, 2023
"I think I can speak for both of us that we are over the moon," said Toulson.
"Coming into this competition, we both knew that we could do it, but that sometimes makes it worse when you know you can.
"But we put in a good performance.
"I can't really believe that we are the first British divers to win a women's worlds medal. I had no idea.
"I've been after a world medal for a while now, so to finally come away with one, and to do it next to Andrea with a good performance, it makes all the hard work feel worth it."
THEY HAVE DONE IT! A Paris 2024 place & HISTORY MADE with World🥈!@LoisToulson & Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix become the first 🇬🇧 divers to win a World Championship medal in a women’s event EVER!
— Nick Hope - the athlete’s journalist (@NickHopeTV) July 16, 2023
They prove their Olympic medal winning potential & here’s the moment they did👇 pic.twitter.com/dI09JJXNGP
The Tokyo Olympians finished 58.08 points behind gold medallists Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan from China in Japan, with USA pair Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto winning bronze.
Still only a teenager, Spendolini-Sirieix completed her schooling just two months ago, meaning that a tough period of exams hampered the duo's World Championship preparation.
But a silver medal, an Olympic quota spot and a raft of other achievements on such little training just goes to show how talented the pair are.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix on making women's sport history
It's a sentiment that Spendolini-Sirieix echoed after their performance, along with hopes that their history-making exploits will continue to inspire women in sport.
"It's incredible," added Spendolini-Sirieix.
"I'm so proud of us, and to see women in sport excelling, proving we can do everything.
"The history part didn't cross my mind when we were competing, I just knew that we had a goal to achieve.
"We have achieved so many goals - we got the Paris spot, we got more than 300 points, we improved on the prelims and then adding to history is a beautiful moment.
"We had to put our training on hold because of my exams, so our training has been limited coming into these World Championships, but I'm really proud of the progress we've made - from prelims to final, and from the Diving World Cup events in China and Montreal, all of those.
"We are on the up and it just gets better every time."
Sportsbeat 2023