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Matt Majendie

Commonwealth Games: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix wins third medal of Birmingham 2022

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix won her third medal of these Commonwealth Games on Monday in the mixed synchronised 10metre platform diving competition.

The 17-year-old Londoner looked stunned as she and Noah Williams combined to edge out fellow English pair Kyle Kothari and Lois Toulson by 14.52 points for the gold in the final diving competition of Birmingham 2022.

The English quartet then celebrated by jumping into the diving pool at Sandwell Aquatics Centre en masse.

Afterwards, Spendolini-Sirieix said: “It’s been incredible, we came in and wanted to have fun but it’s been a PB for us in synchro. I’m really pleased with how we executed our dives and our overall synchro. It’s been really fun.”

Watched again by her father, the first dates star Fred Sirieix, the gold medallist in the individual event and silver medallist in the women’s synchro struck a second gold on the final day of competition.

The contest for the win swung in favour of Spendolini-Siriex and Williams with the fourth and penultimate round of dives as they scored 84.48 from their inward three-and-a-half somersaults while Kothari and Toulson scored just 71.04 performing the same dive.

For Williams, it was also a second gold of the Games having won the 10m synchro title with Matty Lee, who had won gold in the event with Tom Daley at the Olympics last summer.

Following his double gold, Williams said: “It’s been incredible to have all of these fans here. Usually we have Nationals but it’s just the parents of the divers that turn up. I’ve really enjoyed having everyone here.”

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