Young diving talent delivered in France

27 Mar 2017

A team of eight young British divers faced a talented European field at the Seven Nations and collected 13 medals including three gold in Bourg-en-Bresse, France over the weekend.

7 Nations
Maria Paraworth and Scarlett Mew Jensen

Holly Waxman (Bradford Espirit) led the way for the girls in the individual events as she took gold in the girls’ B 3m springboard event with a score of 357.80 ahead of divers from Germany and teammate Callie Eaglestone.

In the boys’ events, Cambridge-based Ben Cutmore also claimed the 2017 title in the 3m event. He topped the rankings with a score of 432.50 ahead of British teammate Tyler Humphreys and a diver from the host nation France.

Great Britain’s third gold of the weekend came in the Girls A/B 3m Synchro event World Junior finalist Scarlet Mew Jensen and Maria Papworth (Dive London) took the top podium spot with a total of 257.55 ahead of the German and Swiss pairs.

Other British medallists from across the weekend:

Tyler Humphreys – 3rd Boys B 1m

Holly Waxman – 2nd Girls B 1m

Anthony Harding – 2nd Boys A 1m

William Hallam – 3rd Boys A 1m

Scarlett Mew Jensen – 3rd Girls A 1m

Tyler Humphreys – 2nd Boys B 3m

Callie Eaglestone – 3rd Girls B 3m

Anthony Harding – 2nd Boys A 3m

William Hallam – 3rd Boys A 3m

Anthony Harding and William Hallam – 2nd Boys A/B 3m Synchro

To check all the results and scores from the Seven Nations event please click here.