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World Championships in doubt for Tom Daley

Plymouth's 2009 World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist diver Tom Daley will face a battle to be fit for the World Championships in Barcelona .

Daley flew out on Tuesday (16 July) but has been suffering from a glandular problem that has left his participation in the 10m platform event on 27 and 28 July in doubt.

Swollen glands have prevented the 19-year-old from preparing...

Tom Daley returns for World Championships after injury

Plymouth's Tom Daley has been selected for the British Diving World Championships squad after recovering from a triceps injury.

The injury kept Daley out of the recent European Championships in Germany. He will compete in the individual 10m platform event.

Plymouth's other diving stars Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow will appear in both the individual 10m platform and as a pair in...

Plymouth's Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow lose Euro diving title

Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow were unsuccessful in their attempt to defend their 10m synchro European title in Germany yesterday (Thursday 20 June).

The duo finished second in the European Diving Championships in Rostock, winning silver to go with their gold medals from last year.

The Russian pair of Yulia Koltunova and Natalia Goncharova won the gold, with Germans Maria Kurjo...

Plymouth diving duo set to defend synchro title

Plymouth's Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch were disappointed to finish outside the medal places in the women's 10m platform event at the European Championships in Rostock yesterday (Wednesday 19 June).

The pair were each thought to be in with a chance of the bronze in the individual event, with Couch in particular expected to challenge. However Barrow finished an agonising 4th and Couch...

Tonia Couch wins first individual World Series medal

Plymouth's Tonia Couch has won a bronze medal in the Diving World Series event in Guadalajara, Mexico, the first individual medal for a British woman.

The 24-year-old was lying fourth in the final round of the 10m platform into her final dive. She produced a high quality dive, receiving scores of nines and a 10 from the judges to finish in third place.

The medal...

Tom Daley forced to withdraw from World Series diving event

The persistent elbow injury that forced Tom Daley to withdraw from a recent diving Grand Prix event in Florida has not healed sufficiently to allow him to compete in the FINA/Midea Diving World Series in Mexico.

The Olympic bronze medallist had travelled to Guadalajara with the rest of the British team in the hope that the injury would have improved for him to take part in the men's...

Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow take bronze again

Plymouth diving duo, Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow have won bronze in the FINA/MIDEA world series event in Guadalajara in Mexico.

The pair followed their recent bronze in the grand prix in Fort Lauderdale with another third place in the 10m synchro, holding off pressure from the Canadian duo in a tightly fought competition.

China took the gold and Malaysia silver.

Couch...

Plymouth diving duo win bronze in Florida

Plymouth's Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow have won a bronze medal in the women's 10 metre synchro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The European champions finished third in the USA Grand Prix behind the Chinese pair of Jie Lian and Haung Xiaohui, who won gold, and silver medallists Pandelela Rinong and Leong Mun Yee from Malaysia.

Tom Daley pulled out just prior to the event with an...

Tom Daley and fellow British divers take home hat-trick of medals from Edinburgh

Some of the biggest names in world diving competed at Edinburgh for the third leg of the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013.

Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley took home gold in the 10m platform event on Sunday, with Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree securing an impressive silver medal in the 3m synchro.

Men’s 3m synchro pair Chris Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker secured a...

Tom Daley wins World Series event in Edinburgh

Plymouth's young diving hero Tom Daley has won the 10m platform final at the World Series event in Edinburgh this evening (Sunday 21 April).

In only his second major event since clinching a bronze medal in the Olympics, the 18-year-old beat a field that included the man he pushed into fourth place at London 2012 last year, the Russian Victor Minibaev who finished second.

Daley...

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