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.

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.