Jake Passmore made history for Ireland by winning a silver medal at the World Junior Diving Championships.
The 17-year-old came second in the 1m springboard final at the Championships in Montreal on Wednesday. After 10 rounds of diving, the youngster scored 431.65 points to finish in second place in a competition involving 41 divers in total.
Passmore started with a bang and scored 61.10 points for his first attempt. This was the Irishman's best score in the final, with scores of 55.50, 44.55, 58.50 in his next three dives, Passmore eventually finished as runner-up just 16.1 points behind eventual winner Matteo Santoro of Italy.
