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European Swimming Championships in Paris: Two British golds in diving and artistic swimming
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The essentials
On 2 August 2026, at the European Swimming Championships in Paris, Great Britain claimed two gold medals. Maisie Bond and Lois Toulson won gold in women's synchronized diving from the 10 m platform with 300.06 points, ahead of Germany (298.20) and Ukraine (286.20). Isabelle Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin secured Britain's first European gold in mixed duet artistic swimming with 258.2383 points, narrowly defeating Spain by just 0.2650 points. In the men's 1 m springboard final, German diver Moritz Linus Wesemann took gold (431.45 points), ahead of Britons Jack Laugher (silver, 418.25) and Jordan Houlden (bronze, 410.30).
- Bond and Toulson gold in women's synchronized 10 m diving, ahead of Germany and Ukraine
- Thorpe and Tomblin claim Britain's first European gold in mixed duet artistic swimming
- Wesemann (Germany) wins men's 1 m springboard ahead of two British divers
- Tomblin achieves a double in solo and duet competition in the same week
- Thorpe and Tomblin's victory margin over Spain: just 0.2650 points
What we know
On 2 August 2026, at the European Swimming Championships in Paris, Great Britain claimed two gold medals. Maisie Bond and Lois Toulson won gold in women's synchronized diving from the 10 m platform—an Olympic event where two divers launch simultaneously from a ten-metre platform, judged on synchronization and technical execution—with a score of 300.06 points, according to BBC Sport.
Germany finished second with 298.20 points, just 1.86 points behind, while Ukraine claimed bronze with 286.20 points.
Great Britain300.06
Germany298.2
Ukraine286.2
Later that day, Isabelle Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin won Britain's first European gold medal in mixed duet artistic swimming—a discipline in which a man and woman perform a choreographed routine to music together, judged on technique, synchronization, and artistic expression.
Their score of 258.2383 points secured victory over Spain by the narrowest of margins: just 0.2650 points. Italy finished third with 255.1641 points.
Great Britain258.2383
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