World SportsGB’s Harper and Mew Jensen win diving silver at Worlds

GB’s Harper and Mew Jensen win diving silver at Worlds

LONDON, JUL 29 (NPN)

Great Britain’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen claimed silver in the women’s 3m synchronised diving final at the World Aquatics Championships.
The pair, who won Team GB’s first medal of the 2024 Olympics with a bronze in Paris, finished off with their highest score of 69.75 as they achieved 298.35 points in Singapore.
China’s Yiwen Chen and Jia Chen were top of the standings with 325.20 points, while Lia and Mia Cueva Lobato, of Mexico, were third with 294.36 points.
Harper and Mew Jensen have now won three consecutive medals together at the World Aquatics Championships, having claimed silver in 2023 and bronze in 2024. In the men’s 10m synchronised diving, GB’s Kyle Kothari and Robbie Lee produced a strong last dive to finish fourth with 399.27 points as China’s Zilong Cheng and Zifeng Zhu narrowly claimed gold with 429.63 points.

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