European Aquatics Championships: GB's Kyle Kothari & Lois Toulson win synchro gold
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GB's Lois Toulson and Kyle Kothari win gold in mixed synchronised platform final
Great Britain's Kyle Kothari and Lois Toulson held their nerve to win European synchronised platform gold.
Kothari and Toulson were second in the standings after four dives, trailing Ukraine's Oleksii Sereda and Sofiia Lyskun by just five and a half points.
But world silver medallists Sereda and Lyskun's messy execution in the fifth round opened the door in Rome.
Kothari and Toulson's slick final effort leap-frogged them up to gold with a final score of 300.78.
"It's a bit of a shock to be fair," said Kothari. "I knew we'd do well but coming away with a gold especially when we're still new together - it's gone perfectly to be honest."
Toulson added: "We were always aiming for a medal and knew there would be tough competition but to put that last dive in and come away with gold is great."
Kothari and Toulson's gold follows Commonwealth Games silver while representing England earlier this month.
Team-mates Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Noah Williams won gold in Birmingham, but are not competing in this event in Italy.
It was Great Britain's fourth gold of this year's European Aquatics Championships and the first in diving.
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