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- 10. October 2012.

World Junior Diving Championships in Adelaide

The Australian team took two Bronze Medals - Girls A 1 metre and Boys Synchronised 3 metre events.

The girls a 1m was the first event of the day, with Australian Olympian Brittany Broben a strong favourite alongside Italian Elena Bertoccki. Broben placed third in the preliminary round, led at the start of the finals and ended with a final score of 398.25. The event was the most hotly contested of the World Juniors so far, with only seven points separating Gold Medal winner Liu Jiao, fellow Chinese diver Chen Yaqi and Broben.

China continued to display their strength, coming first and second in the Girls B Platform event with Si Yajie and Lian Jie. Australia’s Lara Tarvit narrowly missed out on a podium place, coming fourth with a back two and a half somersault with one and a half twists as a final dive.

The teenage crowd arrived in force soon after the end of the school day for Tuesday's final event. This was the first showing of British teen sensation Tom Daley, in a rare Synchronised 3 metre performance. Daley and diving partner Jack Laugher led from the start to comfortably take Gold, edging out Russia’s Ilia Kuzmin and Maxim Popkov.

Wednesday turns up the excitement an extra notch, with a special signing appearance from Tom Daley. In addition to the Boys B 1 metre and Girls A 3 metre events, hundreds of young fans are expected to flock to the South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre for the brief opportunity for a photograph and autograph with Daley. The signing session begins at 4pm, but attendee

 

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