Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson hold their nerve and stay in sync for final medal spot
Evening Standard|July 31, 2024
AT 16, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix had been the youngest member of the British diving team at the Tokyo Games, and said afterwards that she found so little joy in her first Olympic experience that she was not sure she fancied another.
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Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson hold their nerve and stay in sync for final medal spot

How glad the young Londonder must be this morning that she got back on the board.

Paired with Lois Toulson, and with TV-famous father Fred Sirieix watching on at the side of the pool, the 19-year-old dived to women’s 10-metre synchro bronze, Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal in the event. Going into the final round, they had been fourth, but delivered their best of the day when it mattered most to climb a place, before a nervy wait for Canada’s riposte ended with the Brits still ahead.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 31, 2024 من Evening Standard.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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