Laugher and Harding win British synchro title

Jack Laugher, top, and Anthony Harding won World Championship silver in 2023 in their first major competition as a partnership

Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding won gold in the men's 3m springboard synchronised final at the British Diving Championships in Birmingham on Sunday.

The pair are representing Team GB in the event at this summer's Paris Olympics.

Laugher, who won the individual men's 3m springboard title on Saturday, scored 421.11 points with Harding to claim the title.

"It's just consistency for me and Anthony," Laugher said of how they can improve before the Paris Games.

"We weren't firing on all cylinders. It's the morning but what is great about this competition is it is the same time as our one in Paris will be, so it was a great little run through."

Leon Baker and Hugo Thomas won silver with 336.96 points. There were only two pairs in the men's final.

In the women's 3m springboard synchronised final, Amy Rollinson and Desharne Bent-Ashmeil won gold with a score of 266.1 points.

Tilly Brown and Maya Kutty claimed silver with 232.2 points and Ellen Gillespie and Clara Kerr picked up bronze with 202.47 points.

Rollinson, who also came third in the individual women's 3m springboard title on Saturday, said: "I didn't come into [the competition] with much confidence. I have just being trying to stay relaxed and focus on one dive at a time."

Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, who will dive for Team GB in the women's 3m springboard synchro at the Paris Games, did not compete in Birmingham.

The men's platform final was the last event, as Noah Williams claimed gold with a score of 473.2.

World championship medallist Williams, who is already selected for Team GB as part of the 10m synchro pairing with Tom Daley, said he was "really happy" with the win.

"Going into this, even though I guess I had less pressure than the other boys because I'm already going to Paris in the synchro, my idea was that if I have two events, I can hopefully do well in synchro and then enjoy individual - so let's see if that works out," he added.

Kyle Kothari won silver with 408.3 and Robbie Lee took bronze with a score of 397.35.

Who qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Championships?

Two divers secured their spots in individual diving disciplines at the British Championships.

Yasmin Harper will compete in the women's 3m springboard and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix will take part in women’s 10m platform in Paris this summer.

Both women will also compete in the synchronised event.

Harper will compete alongside Scarlett Mew Jensen in the women's 3m springboard and Spendolini-Sirieix will partner Lois Toulson in the women's 10m platform.

There are spots on the team still open, with selectors coming together over the next few weeks to make their final choices.