Sarah Barrow and Jack Laugher came out on top in the 10m Platform and 3m Springboard respectively on the second day of competition at the British Diving Championships.
The women’s 10m Platform was the last final of the day and saw Sarah Barrow, Georgia Ward and Ruby Bower go head-to-head.
Barrow won the prelim with a score of 320.80 and went into the final looking confident.
The Plymouth-based diver made her intentions clear with a score of 76.80 for her Armstand Back Double Somersaults 1 ½ Twists in Free position.
She remained in the lead throughout and her Front 3 ½ Somersaults piked scored her 67.50 to put her further ahead.
Barrow finished with a score of 347.90 points and said: “I’m really happy with that result. It’s been a tough time coming back from injuries but having two years of injuries and having to stop and start with my diving was tough.
“But this time I felt like I came back properly and I spent some time up in Leeds with the physios and worked really hard to come to this result.
“I’ve worked really hard to make sure I was where I needed to be. I stuck at my diving. I have a good mindset and I feel like that showed today.”
Dive London’s Georgia Ward won the silver medal with a score of 323.85 while Ruby Bower (City of Leeds) won bronze with a total of 281.40.
World bronze medallist Jack Laugher showed skill as he took the gold in the 3m Springboard with a score of 489.25.
The City of Leeds diver won the prelim with a score of 440.25 and went into the final hungry to improve his total.
He started off well with his Front 2 ½ Somersaults 2 Twists piked, securing 83.3 0 points.
The European 3m Synchro Champion impressed the home crowd with a score of 88.40 for his Inward 3 ½ Somersaults tucked.
“It means a lot to be British Champion,” Laugher said. “It means a lot to regain my title after being forced to miss the National Cup in January because of injury. To do a good performance makes me happy too.
“My season has gone well so far. I performed well at the European Championships where I won gold and silver and at the world series so I will hopefully be in contention for that selection for Rio next week.”
The silver medal went to Freddie Woodward (City of Sheffield) with a score of 404.05, Yona Knight-Wisdom (Jamaica) finished second with a score of 421.00 and the bronze was taken by James Heatly (Edinburgh Diving) with 364.65 points.
Swimming news courtesy of British Swimming.
