Highlights Diving: World Championships

Welcome to beautiful Budapest for the diving World Championships. We

have 12 British divers in action, hoping to be crowned best in the

world. These guys work hard, they also play hard, as you can see, that

is the British diving team away from the boards relaxing. It is part and

parcel of easing their nerves and have some fun. Let's hope they put

on a show. Here is what is coming up. Olympic champions Jack Law and

his partner are at the one model that has eluded them. Tom Daley and

Dan Goodfellow attempt to reach new heights together on the ten-metre

platform. Last year, Jack Laugher and Chris

Mears took the biggest prize and crowned Olympic champions in Rio.

The run in to Budapest has been different, a few injuries and a

change coast, but they were confident. Been a great season so

far, we have three silver medals, so we are happy with how it has gone.

Diving well, working well with a team and happy with our new coach as

well. This is the moment for Jack and Chris. Here they go. Yes! That

is an Olympic medal for sure. How special are those memories and what

you went through at The Games? The memories are surreal. We have

settled into our own lives again, come back down to earth. Especially

with diving day in and day out, competing. The memories are fresh

and they will be for ever. It was such a great time, brilliant

performance and to come home as Olympic champions was something we

will both have in our lives for ever, which is so special. Something

to tell our kids and grandkids one day is amazing. It has made us

better athletes. It is so simple doing six dives that are all good

and that is what we did. Just six dives that were better than everyone

else. It just seems so weird to be Olympic champions. It is amazing.

Was the moment when you thought, this is it, we are back to what we

know, we want more medals? I say, if I was to win the big games, I would

quit at any age because I would quit as the best. But I got back and it

just inspired me to more. Basically I am the kind of person who has

changed sport and progress the sport onwards in terms of the difficulty

of the dives and stuff. I still have that dream and I want to be

remembered as one of the greatest in this sport. I am passionate about

diving, I love it to bits. It has taken me this far but I feel there

is stuff I want to still achieve and stuff I want to do. Here I am and

still enjoying it. Pick up the men's synchro in the fourth round. With

three dives to go, here are your commentator, Leon Taylor and

Catherine Downes. It is exceptional from the boys.

Just when they needed it as well. The inward three and a half. It is

such a difficult dive to get right under pressure and they certainly do

that. Just over 11 points in it at the moment is. Jack and Chris in

second place now. Now, take a deep breath everybody because here comes

the hardest dive in the world and it is our Olympic champions from Great

Britain to perform it. Jack Laugher and Chris Mears. Second in the

rankings after the last couple of rounds but nailed this and they

could do themselves some favours. Forward two and a half somersaults.

Three tourists in Pike. Such a difficult dive to do from

birth. He did so well to hang on. Just about square that died up on

the finish. Making a mistake on the hurdle step, which is on the end.

You can see by the interaction he is having with his coach. Will that

proved to be critical? That is not good. Now there is a massive gap for

Jack and Chris to make up after the competition. Just one dive left to

and they have given themselves a lot to do if they want to make the

podium here in Budapest. The Russians, in with a chance. They

were third at the previous round. 3.4 degrees of difficulty here.

The Russians have taken it on. They can blow hot and cold. I did suspect

that the watching them in the prelims, they are on form. Certainly

some good showings earlier in the year at the World Series and they

have saved the bus for the World Championship final. The Russians

have catapulted themselves into the lead with the Chinese still to come.

It will be down to the last round to decide the silver and bronze, but it

looks as though with a good dive here, the Chinese could cement their

lead going in. But this is a very difficult dive. It is, 3.6 on the

difficulty scale. These are the leaders.

Slightly blown, slightly botched. Not enough to sacrifice their lead.

But the Russians putting pressure on the Chinese. Look at this. Banana

men, both of them, hitting the water. Execution will be five on

one, seven .5 for the others. This is tight at the top, the Chinese

have just given away the huge lead they have. Only five points now.

Chinese still in front, but coming into this last round, it is tight at

the top. A big dive, forward for the half somersaults in talk.

-- tuck. This is massive from the Ukrainians. This is a stonking dive

to finish. There you go, thrown down the marker. Different spin speeds,

but look at this at the entry. This is going to get close. 97! That just

goes to show what you can gain from taking the risk. Here come Jack and

Chris. They are doing exactly the same dive. Just like the Ukrainians,

please. Yes, we would like to see a mirror image dive please, if you

want to win a medal at the World Championships. Fourth after the last

round, this for a World Championship medal.

It was almost there! There is Jack's mum. Plenty of supporters in the

crowd. Take-off is good, spin speed is better than the Ukrainians.

Little bit of a fault from Chris, slightly short of vertical.

Frustrating for the boys, they put in a valiant effort with some

unfortunate preparation with injury and board maintenance issues, they

could finish outside the medals today. An agonising wait for them.

Here come the Russians and they too are doing the same dive. 3.8 degrees

difficulty. Hold onto your hats, Leon. These guys are in the silver

position at the moment. Sensational from the Russians. They

are on fire. They nailed this in the premiums, they scored a massive 98

points and they have done exactly the same again. This has put untold

pressure on the Chinese. The Russians will be top of the

leaderboard after this amazing effort. They are going to get over

100 points. Look at that. And the Russian commentator, he was going

apoplectic. Quite right. That is the dive of the competition so far. I

know we are only on day one of Budapest, now China in a position

where there is a lot of pressure on them. They are doing exactly the

same dive. How will they respond? They have let the world so far and

it is all about keeping a cool head. For World Championship gold...

Forward for and a. No, I will not be good enough. They

need 96 points. The Russians know it, I will back them as well.

Russia, gold, China, silver and the Ukraine bronze. How interesting, the

Chinese pairing who have been faultless all year, feeling the

pressure on their last dive. The Russians are world champions. It is

confirmed. After three silver medals at the last three World

Championships, the Russian pair of Zakharov and Kuznetsov, finally win

their gold medal. And agonisingly for the Olympic champions, Jack

Laugher and Chris Mears, they finish in fourth. Today is a bit of

heartache because we wanted to medal at this event, but this is how it

turned out. A technical issue with my head men's I went than a few

mistakes cropped up. At this level, you make mistakes. What do you put

it down to, Jack? Massive respective Ukrainians. They were not expected

to medal. We are disappointed. First of all, the first dives were

fantastic, the last two sucked. No excuse, even with injuries, we are

disappointed. You can hear and see the disappointment. How disappointed

will they be with that? That would have been an easy bronze for them

except for the big error on their last dive. They are the Olympic

champions and you are the pair to be. They were beating easily today

by Russia, and China. Do you think the pressure got to them, going into

the Olympics, it was a surprise gold medal. But now they are the mark

men? That will always play on your mind. How frustrating must it be not

having your coach, not having diving boards the train on, it was a good

effort, but you can see they will be back again. It was a difficult dive

they mopped up, so they will be contenders in the future? It is high

risk, high rewards. There is a glint in their eyes, there will be some

diving to be done. Your glass is always half full and I love that

about you. Let's go to the women's three metres synchro. Grace Reid and

Catherine torrents are a new partnership. Let's join them in the

fourth round. If they can keep their cool here

with a reverse 2.5 somersault with Pike, they could leapfrog the

Ukraine, and claw their way up the leaderboard. 3.0 degrees of

difficulty. Yes, they have stepped up again, died after dive, a

magnificent effort from our girls. Superb! All the way through,

synchronisation. A little scruffy into the water, they will not get

more than sevens but execution is well worth eight. A lovely

fourth-round effort there. These are the Canadians, forward 3.5

somersaults with Pike, difficulty of 3.1. There is your answer! Oh,

Canada! That was the dive that they needed, if this had gone awry, they

would have put themselves in hot water. But, actually, they have come

out and spiked it. Forward 3.5 in the pike position, 3.1. This will

keep them right up there. 75, and certainly on for a medal. Barring an

absolute disaster in the last round, which I do not think will happen!

This is a high-quality final. These are the highest quality divers in it

so far. Barring major upset in their last two dives, China on for gold.

3.0 difficulty. Canada are not making it easy for them. No, the

pressure is on, which is how we like it!

Well, it is a very loud and clear response. From the leaders, from

China. The synchronisation is just super! Nines on synchronisation,

well, 8.5s, a little off on execution, how tight is it?

Unusually so, isn't it? Yes, the gap has closed at the top of the table,

only six points between Canada and China. Grease and Kat in sixth, not

doing badly at all. -- grace. They are looking for a strong finish with

a back 2.5 somersault in Pike for the first World Championship

together. Come on, girls, let's see what you are made of!

A tremendous dive to finish on! Back 2.5 somersaults in pike position.

Strong take-off, good on the spin speed. A little scruffy going into

the water on the execution. But the synchronisation is worthy of eights.

The girls have upped the game, look at that! 294.6, wonderful diving

from start to finish. The pressure is on the Canadians now, with an

inward 2.5 somersaults with pike, 5.0 degrees of difficulty.

Yes, it has gone well enough. That will be at least silver for Canada.

This pair have just dived well all day. Different spin speed but that

is the only thing wrong with that from a synchronisation point of

view. Canada, delivering again and again. Jennifer Abel, beautiful

diving, new partner coming along, three, two, three -- 323. A

wonderful and high-quality field. They know it is a World Championship

medal in the bag. Silver medal, for now, barring an enormous mistake on

the part of these ladies. They have led from the get go. China, four

World Championship gold, forward 2.5 somersault, a twist with pike, 5.0

degrees of difficulty. Unflappable! That is top notch once

again. Gold, for China. They have won the event on the bounce many

times, unbeaten in the World Series. Leading into this contest, and

unbeaten today. Dive after dive after dive, just too good to keep up

with. They have filled their destiny, haven't they? A clean sweep

of golds in the World Series, and there is confirmation. Straight

nines in the synchronisation scores, and it is back-to-back world titles

for Shi, diving with her new partner, Chang. Grace Reid and catch

Torrance finished in fifth position. We are over the moon, it wasn't our

ideal start but we regrouped, went back and gave it all we had. A great

result. Compared to some of the pairings are there, you haven't been

together long, what you've achieved is a boost going forward? Yes, we've

only been together about six months but it is a great pairing! LAUGHTER

Fifth place for the girls there, and Kat torrents finishing ninth in the

final on the springboard, Maddison Keeney of Australia took the top

spot in that one. Ross Haslam placed tenth in the final here, it was

China's representative who won gold. Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow got

themselves a bronze medal on the ten-metre synchronisation, in

Budapest here they are hoping to get on the podium once more. In the

fifth round, they are hot on the heels of the Germans, diving

first... COMMENTATOR: These big guns, taking to the platform, a

reverse 3.5 somersault in Park, 3.4 degrees of difficulty for Germany.

Their fans in the crowd willing them on towards a World Championship

medal... Ooh! Germany with the air horn as well... Encouraging them

before and after their dive, plenty of fans here. And the old guard, the

old guys, are they beginning to rule? Wait and see. They are right

up there. It's game on! 8.5s across-the-board for synchronisation

and execution. Germany, keeping their cool. Now, this one is tricky.

3.7 degrees of difficulty, forward 4.5 somersault with Tata for the

Russians. -- with a tuck, for the Russians.

That can prove to be decisive! The Russians are hot to trot. Fist pumps

from the coaches. This is big, big diving. Interestingly, they swapped

sides on this one, I do not know why, it is just a comfort thing.

Look at the spin speed, if this gets above 90 points they will be

difficult to catch. They do not quite make it, 89.91, meaning their

competition is still on... This is it, a decisive point for Tom Daley

and Daniel Goodfellow. Rio 2016 bronze medal lists, back 3.5

somersaults with pike, 3.6 degrees of difficulty, keeping up the

pressure on the Germans. Aah... Sugar! Mark Houldsworth

holding his chest, the flag is being flickered. The error, sadly, was on

execution. It was on dan, he led his dive -- he let his dived over

rotate, only scoring three. The British team, as hard as they

worked, you can see there is no magic rewind button, you cannot take

it back but sadly, there is no medal. No medal for Great Britain,

that would be too big a mountain to climb for Tom and Dan, but these

guys look sure to get gold. 3.7 degrees of difficulty. Phenomenal,

isn't it? If it was going to go wrong it might have gone slightly

there, but it was world class. They are streets ahead. Unaffected by

other competitors, the crowd, the lights, the dry ice, its 8.5s on

synchronisation but a monster 95, and they are already almost over

400. A masterclass from China so far, they are streets ahead. Here

are the Germans. Diving for a World Championship medal.

They are going to be an uncatchable with that! The ground ats have done

it! Who says that the old guys do not rule? -- grandads. An amazing

pair of dives from the experienced, and just deserved. These guys work

their proverbial backsides off! They have been diving for decades, with

more medals in more championships than most people. They have just

added a World Championship medal to that collection. Another one! Yes,

we will just have to wait and see what colour it is depending on how

the Russians go. Here are the Russians. In silver medal position

at the moment. Back to .5 somersaults, 2.5 twist with pike,

6.3 degrees of difficulty, to consolidate World Championship

silver. Faultless from the Russians!

Absolutely faultless. World Championship silver, nailed on.

Absolutely nailed on. This is really something special. What a dive to

finish on. That is their banker dive, they always choose to finish

on this one. And they have really saved the best until last. 90

points, what is that? 458. A monster score! Well, this is it for Tom

Daley and Daniel Goodfellow, their final dive together at this World

Championships. Too much work to do to reach the podium, but let's at

least have a solid finish, boys. Forward 4.5 somersaults with tuck,

3.7 degrees of difficulty. This is a tricky one. Let's finish on a

high... They do! Just a glimmer of what they

can do. They smashed this one in the preliminaries, and nailed it in the

final. The director cutting to the Germans there. They can do their

maths and they know that even with 12s, the British may not have caught

them. That is a good dive, what a shame that they messed up their

fifth round dive, but it is six consistent dives and you make one

mistake, you are out of it. Do they leapfrog the Ukraine? They did. It

is forth for GB, quite a long way off the pace. There is no worse

position than fourth, is there? In the competition. It feels like these

guys could tumble off the ten-metre platform into the gold medal

position. They have been faultless throughout. With this, then, for

back-to-back World Championships for the Chinese. Back to .5 somersaults,

2.5 twist with pike. 3.6 degrees of difficulties.

If you even need me to confirm it, that is gold the China.

The judges are slightly tighter than they might be. This will be an

absolute monster. Descartes ten for execution. Just 1.5 points off the

mark. Holy Moly. It has been a masterclass from the Chinese. No

medal for time and down to go with the bronze medal in Rio. It has

qualified as for the World Series next year. We can take massive

positives, our entrance is looking better, synchronisation away from

the board is better. With more training and more time to practice,

we will be all right. We were only 20 points off the medals with a big

miss. It says a lot. We are always in the Huns, which is nice. I had to

pull out of the World Series and I didn't get the volume I needed to

compete well in the World Series. I felt great when I came here, decent

amount of dives under my belt, just a shame for earlier in the season. I

am looking forward to getting back to the gym and getting fit so I am

ready for the World Series next year. They finished in fourth, but

they were a way of the medals? Won the fifth round dive cost them the

medal. They were 20 points off the medal, and they were 25 points down

on what they could have achieved. You have got to do six good dives,

but you have got to do five. They talked about their preparation not

been great, but they also said that going into Rio and it didn't bother

them then, so how did this affect them? Dan has been out of action

from almost an entire season. They haven't done any synchro, so it was

a bit more of a mad rush before Rio. Poor preparation and in fourth, that

was a positive, but they want medals. Let's turn to the women's

ten-metre synchro. Tonya Crouch, has competed on every international

stage. They got fifth in Rio and they are hoping to build on that in

Budapest. We have grown together so much, we have been together a year,

not even that long. I enjoy training and competing. She has a lot more

experience than me, get to work with her, it helps. How much has it

changed over dear? We know each other more, we know how we are

feeling on the board and we can work well together. When we got together,

she was a little girl, now she has become a young woman. It has been

lovely to watch grow. How has that impacted the you dive together? I am

still young! She keeps it young and fresh. If you don't get on as a

pair, it isn't going to work. I have watched people argue and jump off

the boards, not get on. Not from our country. But they won't get medals.

If we get on, like we do, anything can happen. We joined the women's

ten metres synchro in the fourth round. They are in eighth place, but

growing into the competition. COMMENTATOR: What can they do? 3.2

degrees difficulty here for the Brits. This is the bogey dive. It

was of the market in the prelims. Time to step it up now, girls.

It is better, it is much much better. I had to pull myself back

from shrieking really loudly. All good, entries look like they will be

fine. Just look at the splash coming up. Much better synchronisation.

Better execution than this morning. But I don't think it will be good

enough to challenge strong enough for the medals. Little bit

disappointed. Here are the North Korean 's in the silver medal

position at the moment. They know and medal is very much on the cards

if this goes well. Good enough, good enough. Good

synchronisation. Superb synchronisation in fact. Kim,

closest to us, not getting her hands together on the entry, putting up a

bit of splash. I thought they would crank up the pressure on the

Chinese. They have kept it on. I was hoping it was going to be a bit

more, just to spice it up a bit. They are ahead by four points, from

the Malaysians, but here come the Chinese. They had a 6-point lead

from the last round. There you go! There is the response.

Far superior to what we have seen from all of the other pairs. That is

banged on the money, all the way from start to finish. Spin speed,

distance from the board, entry into the water, execution and

synchronicity. 9.5 in there for synchronisation, that doesn't count

to average things out. That is a commanding lead for China. They are

head and shoulders clear of the field. Here come the Brits, our last

chance for Great Britain. Currently in seventh. This needs to be very

good indeed if we are to be anywhere near the podium. An impossible task.

But Lois and Tonia will want to finish with a bang, nevertheless.

They saved the best till last. But too little too late for the girls

today. Watching on, supporting. Wasn't to be for a medal for best

pairing today. They will be medal of the pack. They have stepped up from

the prelims. They have been outclassed today. Good effort, but

it won't be good enough for a medal. Here are the North Koreans. Silver

medal position. What a fantastic showing today from

the North Koreans. That is impressive diving. Five out of five,

they have been unfaltering all the way through. They have stepped it up

from the prelims as well, even though they finished in second place

there. Silver medal for sure. Let's see what the Chinese can do to

finish. They are up next. That is the dive of the meet so forth. Back

cranks up the pressure on the Chinese, who are the last two dive.

Nailed this and they will be world champions. Just back, 2.5

somersaults with one and a half pipe. -- Pike. No shadow of a doubt,

a tremendous showing today from this very, very formidable pair from

China. Non-the other pairs were able to knock them off their game. Dive

at the dive, after dive, finishing as strongly as they started.

Sensational diving from the Chinese. Gold, without a shadow of a doubt.

And there is the confirmation, China, once again, Queens of the

ten-metre platform. North Korea with silver, Malaysia with bronze. Tonia

and Lois finished in seventh. I thought we dived really well. We

have gone away happier than we did this morning. What things can you do

over the next few months to move things on as a pair? Everything is

looking good, it is working on the finer things the judges pick up.

That will make the finishing touches. 12 months on from winning

Olympic silver in Olympics, Jack Laugher is aiming the world goal.

Tom Daley is in the mixed springboard and Tom looks to avenge

his real heartbreak in the individual ten-metre platform. That

is a it has been a testing week that the divers in Budapest, but going

into the team event with Britain won in the last World Championships, it

was the French who took top spot in that event. But hopes are high in

the men's individual three metre springboard, Jack Laugher goes in

that one, joined in the final by Ross Haslam. We joined the event in

the fifth round. Ross Haslam has been diving very

nicely indeed. Yes, five out of five. All you can

ask for is consistency. Just diving at your best and that is what we are

seeing from Ross Haslam. I was thinking, he has made it to the

final, he might let it all go, but do you know what? He is diving even

better. This is the dive, his bogey dive at that has cost him medals in

years gone by recently, but he is better at this now. Can he make it

count? He didn't make it easy for himself. Toes hanging over the end

of the diving board. The problem he used to have, he would throw it

halfway down the pool. I don't know. He has been caned by the judges, he

did well to complete the dive because the take-off was so poor.

Patrick Hausding, Germany. Patrick Hausding making a play. Look at

that. Zakharov, opening the door. This man with the most difficult

dive. Forward, 4.5 in the top position. He has burst through the

doors with conviction and that statement of fact. And that fact is,

I am having a World Championship medal, as long as I don't mess of my

final dive. This makes things very interesting.

The final is hotting up now. Which means that Jack Laugher could be in

with a chance? This is inwards 3.5 in a pike position, I did not even

know that this was humanly possible! We will find out... He has been

doing it all day. And done a good job of it as well. Watch this.

Ooh on demand! Hit the bones out of that. He's the only one that can do

this... 3.7, this is supersonic. Wow, catch me if you can! That's

what that says. Yes, he must surely extend his grip on that top spot.

Right then, Jack... He has seen some fault and some step up and just out

of the medal places at the moment in fourth position, A forwards 4.5

somersault, to keep alive his World Championship medal hopes, come on,

Jack, stay in the mix with one dive to go...

Ooh... You go. You can see the grimace from Mark Houldsworth, as

part of the coaching team. A great take-off from Jack, just coming out

of the dive a fraction too early, leaving the dive short. He will

still be up there, in third position at the moment as you can see. He is,

he is in there. Just a couple of points ahead of Sakharov, in fourth

position, breathing down his neck but Jack Laugher in bronze medal

position. This man is toted toe, head-to-head, shoulder to shoulder

with our man, Jack Laugher. He has just pulled out from the

bottom of his diving toy box a very well polished and presented 4.5 in

tuck position. Firmly putting the pressure on Jack Laugher, up in

moments time... The Olympic champion from London 2012 fancying a medal

here, and he has done everything in his power. 505 is a lovely total. He

must wait. Year is Patrick Hausding, currently in silver medal position,

three twists, pike 3.9 degrees difficulty a big last dive from the

German. Ooh, what a dive! Patrick Hausding, helicopter fleet, yes, but

that was the best I have seen him do that. Yes, that is at least a silver

for the German. The German grandad I referred to the other day with his

partner, a little harsh but his experience is coming in. He locked

his legs a little there, understandably with so much going

on. There is the fist pump, what a round of dives. Six out of six, 526,

a monster score. That man is in a gold medal position. Yes, were you

watching? Our current leader, Siyi Xie, four World Championship gold...

'S, it's a gold this man. He has out dive to everyone. No mistakes. Dive

after dive after dive, quality and exquisite from start to finish. 547.

Remarkable. Now, Jack has to do the dive of his life. This is back 3.5,

3.6 degrees of difficulty, and of course Zakharov nailed his 3.8. So,

Jack has less firepower and therefore he needs 9-9.5s otherwise

he will be in fourth again. It is really good! Is it 96 points

off good, though? Will he get 9.5s? No, I think that will be an

agonising fourth Place, for Jack Lew has battled his way through the

final. -- for Jack Laugher, who has battled. Zakharov just beating him

in the final dive, no, he is even in fifth, beaten by half a point. This

is confirmation for you. The world champion is Siyi Xie, Patrick

Hausding with his second medal of the World Championships in silver,

and Russian Zakharov taking bronze. Jack Laugher, five points off a

World Championship medal, slipping into fifth. Dreadful from start to

finish, the opener was awful and the third dive was awful as well. Some

good dives in there still, five points off a medal wasn't good

enough. What has gone wrong this week? I don't know, I felt good and

prepared and free of injury, everything was in the right place.

We've worked well with my coach, the session before was good but it

hasn't fallen into place today. I felt nervous and stressed before the

competition, which obviously showed. Agonising for Jack Laugher, an

understandable amount of frustration there. In the women's three-metre

springboard event, Grace Reid got into the final, the 21-year-old is

in fifth position in this round... COMMENTATOR: Grace Reid, focus, back

doing half somersaults in pike, 3.0 on the difficulty scale for Grace

Reid of Great Britain, her penultimate dive.

Yes, come on, Grace. Well done. And faltering, like the first four

athletes of this round, Great Britain's Grace Reid pulls a beauty

out of the bag when she needed it most. She is right up in the

business end of the field. That will keep her right on the money. Well

done, Grace! This is Jennifer Abel of Canada, forward 2.5 somersaults,

two twists with pike, 3.4 degrees of difficulty this one. So, much more

tricky. She has nailed it! Just when she

needed to. Looking a little off form, Jennifer Abel really takes the

competition by storm. This is a huge risk, right here. 3.4 degrees of

difficulty. Jennifer and Maddison Keeney the only women on the planet

capable of doing this dive. She has come away with 7.5s. That will help

her campaign. Here come the Chinese in gold and silver medal positions

respectively at the moment, a forward 3.5 somersaults in pike, 3.1

degrees of difficulty Very well executed indeed. We have

seen a lot of faltering. But, we are not seeing any faltering from this

young lady. It is quite a difference to the platform dive, these are

teenagers from China, 16 and 18. Han Wang and Tingmao Shi 21 and 25,

showing their experience. This is 3.1 degrees of difficulties for the

reigning world and Olympic champion. Nice... And faltering, even with a

dodgy take-off. Toes right over the end. The Chinese athletes have a lot

of strapping on their feet, haven't they? On their toes, on their feet,

ankles... It leads to a good effect, though. Tingmao Shi still

effortlessly top of the leaderboard. She will definitely win the gold,

barring a calamitous last dive, all of the rest have it all to play for.

And here is Grace Reid. Come on, Grace. Is 3.0 degrees of difficulty

for Greece to finish off her World Championships in some style.

She saves the best until last. A wonderful list of dives from Grace,

with many other athletes faltering, she has been unwavering, steady and

consistent dive after dive, she stepped it up from the preliminaries

and again after the semifinals and has put in her best effort here this

evening, to put pressure on the business end of the field. She will

be, I think, outside of the medals for sure. Up on the edge, 336. She

is really pleased with that, look at her smile! She is such a cheery

character anyway. Great to see her finish with a well-deserved result

here in Budapest. Back to .5 somersaults in pike for the World

Championship bronze, for Jennifer Abel of Canada.

For sure, she has been diving particularly well. By her standards,

but she is good enough to dive, not at her best, and still win a World

Championship medal. We have pinned the points on her, that is for

certain. A slight chance that it might be different. At the moment,

here we are, sporting his white shirt... 351. Han Wang of China, 2.5

somersaults and one twist in pike, 3.0 degrees of difficulty.

Yes, she looked a little nervous. Very steady indeed, but no mistakes

from Han Wang, safely confirming that she is second best on the

planet at what she does. World Championship silver, finishing eight

points in front of Jennifer Abel. She needed at least a 7.5, she could

have got away with that. But decisively staking her claim on the

silver medal. There is just one woman with the gold in her sights.

It is Tingmao Shi. For back-to-back world titles, forward 2.5

somersault, one twist in pike, 4.0 difficulty.

Boom, drops the mike and leaves the building. World champion again, to

go with Olympic gold medal last year. Already a gold medal from the

synchronised event. She is, dare I say, the Golden girl of these World

Championships. Shi Tingmao, 25 years old and from China. The World

Championship gold, convincingly. And, she has sailed so Renee through

this final. -- sailed through this final. Grace Reid, the story, as far

as Great Britain are concerned, she finishes just outside of the medals

in fourth position. Fantastic from her, she kept her cool, eighth in

Rio and finishing better here. She can say that she is fourth best in

the world, after her season, that is a big, big deal. I don't have words,

it feels surreal. I went into the final purely to have fun and enjoy

myself in something clicked today which hasn't before! Calla where

were you of how well you were going through the rounds or did you block

it out? I blocked it out, I don't like knowing where I am sitting. I

knew I was diving well, in every dive I was aggressive and confident

which showed. Fourth for Grace Reid, 54 Jack Laugher, Grace with a lot of

positives? What a performance, she is smiling and loving life and

loving competing, she went from the preliminaries which were good,

stepping it up for the semifinals and nailing it in the final, taking

out some big scalps. Steady fourth-place, impressive. It's

interesting, we said hers was a positive fourth, she missed out on a

medal but it was a personal best for her. Let's look at Jack Laugher,

Olympic silver-medallist and it did not happen for him today and he is

understandably frustrated. Annoying for him, it was his undoing. He is

an amazing athlete, he is trying to win. If he relaxed a bit more, and

let his diving happen, he could wipe the floor with them. It is

interesting, Grace has a lot of life outside of diving, in her full-time

studies, she has something else to pay attention to. She doesn't have a

lot of time for anything else other than diving in Budapest, she is back

in action alongside Tom Daley in the mixed synchronised.

COMMENTATOR: China with some work to do.

The gaps appearing aren't the gaps between the divers on the diving

board. That was better by way of synchronisation by Wang and Lee. A

marked difference by what we have seen so far in this round. The

Canadians look to build on the silver they won at the last World

Championships. It is OK. Very consistent, this

pair. Marginally out of time on their arm swings and Jennifer Abel

over rotating. We didn't see that yesterday in the three metre final

when she came away with a bronze. I think she has got away with it. Here

come Tom and Grace, diving exactly the same dive. You can come per like

for like. -- compare. To push Tom and grades over the halfway mark in

this competition. Currently in bronze medal place.

Back is the best we have seen. Much better than Canada. Much better than

Canada. Look at that lovely rotational speed. Maybe Tom making

the dive a little bit easier than grades. Tonia likes it. Pretty handy

from grace Anton. Much better. Grace Anton of Great Britain going toe to

toe with the Chinese after round three. Team China will be looking

for the highest scores. Defending world champion, handwriting with her

new partner. Back is a fabulous dive. That is

what China have to say to the rest of the competitors, including the

British team, Tom and Grace. The Chinese have upped the anti-and they

have just put in the dive of the competition. Huge scores coming

their way. Good bit of flag-waving. Nine on synchronisation. China and

Great Britain tied for the lead after round three. And these guys

hot on their heels. The Canadians. Well, a rare mistake from Jennifer

Abel. All looking good. Leaving that thy very short of vertical. She is a

multiple World Championship medal winning diver. She gets six on

execution. Here are grace Anton. Tied for the lead with China. -- and

Tom. We need a good one here from Tom and Grace.

It is good. That potentially is their bogey dive. Tom just a little

bit close to the diving board. Both of them executing the dive

reasonably well. What will the judges make of the synchro? Tonia

likes it. They didn't like it as much as I would have liked them to

like it. And everybody at home would have liked them to like it. Still

makes excellent reading for British fans. China have opened up an 11

point lead on grace and Tom, who are in silver medal position, seven

points ahead of the Canadians. The current leaders, the defending world

champion, Han Wang on the left. They have a 9-point lead and they could

put this out of reach. This, for the world title for China.

Yes. Well, I did mention they could put it out of reach and they have

slam dunked it. That is the best dive we have seen from this pair.

Superior through and through. Extending their lead dive, after

dive. That is very skilful. The Chinese have secured another gold

medal. Look at that. There is a lot riding on this, particularly but

Jennifer Abel, going for a hat-trick of medals at this World

Championship. Already won the bronze in the three metre last night.

Silver in the women's three metre synchro as well.

OK. It is a good effort. They are lying on the degree of difficulty

here to make the impact. From a synchronisation point of view, it is

OK. Different distances from the diving board. Execution is OK as

well. It depends how harsh the judges are on the synchro. Look at

that. Tom and Grace ready to go with their final dive of this World

Championship final. If it goes well, it will bring home the silver medal.

Yes! Silver again! In the mixed synchro. Tonia is on her feet, and

so am I. Well done, Tom, well done, Grace. Something to scream into my

microphone about. Get in! That is what we wanted to see, and easy

silver for Tom and four Grace. There you go. Celebrations. They won the

European title together last year, but that World Championship silver

medal will taste very, very sweet indeed. Has been surreal, I haven't

slept very well, but a great way to end my first World Championship.

Tell us what the silver medal means, it is a new one, but the challenge

for the divers? It is difficult to find a partner to match a

springboard girl. Tom and I have been training hard and we work well

together. Fantastic set of dives, still not at our best, but so

please. Surprised to see Tom on the three metre, is it a surprise they

got a silver medal? The mixed three metre synchro, I was watching them

train and I thought it would be a close run thing. This trailing is,

Canadians, and others. Chinese will always be very strong and I thought

we could get a medal in this. I was delighted to see them dive

consistently. That is all they needed to do. Tom has had big

spectator and is of the world on his shoulder for some time, is this more

fun for him? Yes, the hours he put it on the platform, it is a bit of a

break. He and Grace get on so well and you can see that in their

diving. We also got a medal earlier in the week, so cast your mind back.

Never knowing who wear the front runners, but what was possible, I

thought they held their nerve and got across the line. Fantastic start

to the World Championships. We have seen some tears from Lois when it

brings Hammond on her way. It shows what you can do when you hold your

composure. The mixed event will be Olympic events? They were turned

down for 2020, so let's wait and C. They did take a lot of the boxes on

the agenda trying to get more mixed event in, so it holds potential.

Fingers crossed, we caught up with Matty and Lois. Our first

competition on a world stage. What does this mean to you and talk us

through the challenges in this mixed event? We have only been training

together about a year and we have shown good performances all over

Europe and in Britain and this is our first world competition. It is

really difficult because it is hard to do synchro with a boy and girl

pairing. So I think we sit very well together on the board. I think I am

relaxed with Lois a lot when she is on the board, it is a good

partnership. Grateful to get a medal in the bad, but as Lois alluded to,

they didn't make the final. That was won by Malaysia. Now we turn to the

final event, the men's ten-metre platform. Going to the World

Championships, it is the next biggest thing from Lealofi games.

You have the Olympic Games full of prestige, but the World

Championships is tougher because you have almost doubled the amount of

participants. It does make it quite interesting, especially the year

after the Olympics. What is the target for this one? The target are,

I have already surpassed my expectations this year in terms of

after the Olympics, I wanted to take a bit of a break and may be going

into individual for the World Series and is working towards the World

Championships. I have had the most successful World Series results in

my individual event. I have been battling a couple of niggles in the

build-up so I haven't had necessarily the best preparation but

I am feeling good and looking forward to going out there with the

rest of the team. No, that is it, unbelievable. Tom

Daley in the semifinals, not making it through. What an awful day there

for him. How tough was Rio? I think whenever you have a performance that

isn't necessarily your best, it is very frustrating, especially when

you put in so much hard work every day, but you have to be able to move

on. You know, what is done is done and you need to be in the moment and

focus on what you can do right now to be the best you tomorrow. Did you

go instantly, right, that's four more years of hard work for Tokyo,

did you think if things went well it might finish? I didn't really know

what would happen after Rio. For me, I always have to listen to my body

because sometimes my body is OK, that's enough, we need to wind this

town and other days it's good, I feel good and ready to go, could go

for another ten years. That's one thing I need to do, listen to my

body and train smart so I can go through to 2020 and be in as good

shape as I was going into 2016. And physically, how are you doing?

Touchwood, physically everything is going according to plan, I had a

couple of little niggles through the year, but I could train after

procedures on my back and hips but other than that, I am feeling pretty

good. Here is Matty Lee, a silver World Championship already to his

name after day one of competition with the next synchronised event

with Lois Toulson, 3.5 somersault and tuck 3.2 difficulty here, on his

own. Ooh... Nearly. Mark there looking

after him, and his coaches. A powerful start. Diving really

confidently, perhaps a fraction too early, not quite able to get that

trademark shape into the water. -- trademark ripple into the water. The

Olympic champion, Aisen Chen, third after the halfway point.

It is really good. Not outstanding, but it is first class. From the

Olympic champion. Look at the shape there, no gap between his chest and

his thighs. An inch short of vertical when he goes in, but he

somehow keeps the splash down and convinces the judges to give him

nine, nine, and eight .5 to count. He managed in the last round, to

keep the splashdown he must have magical feet! Lets hope Tom Daley

has some magic on him as well... Hang on him as well... Hang onto

that lead, a triple somersault in pike, 3.5 degrees of difficulty for

Tom Daley. Chasing a third World Championship medal in this event.

Yes! Come on! That's all I really need to say. Tom, well done. There

was no mistake here from Tom Daley. There is Tonya watching. They have

that, waiting for the scores... More than brilliant. A couple of ten -- a

couple of tens. Looking at the podium as it for now, after round

four, Tom Daley with his lead extended from five points, to six

points, 210 points now! Chen Aisen and Tom Daley head to heads, you

were bigging this up earlier in the Brown. Forward 4.5 somersault, tut,

3.7 degrees of difficulty for the Olympic champion.

Tom Daley to come with exactly the same dive...

There is the gauntlet! This final is something else. And the crowd are

something else as well! We haven't seen this many people in all week

long. And quite right too. Look at that. Tom doing his visualisations,

he does not care what Chen Aisen is up to, there's nothing he can do

about that. 105 points, hello! OK then... Like-for-like, thumbs up

from the Chinese coach. Still some corrections there for Chen Aisen,

not a perfect ten but now is. Same from Tom Daley. Come on, Tom.

Tremendous staff from the Olympic champion, just before him. Forward

4.5 somersault in tuck, 3.5 difficulty to hold on to the top

spot. It is like-for-like! They are like two giants, just taking slices

at each other. This is unbelievable stuff, ladies and gentlemen. I have

not seen a head to head like this on the platform ever before. Tom Daley,

almost matching Chen, still in the lead, it is tight and will come down

to the last guy. -- come down to the last dive. A straight knockout, both

dives with 6.3 He hasn't put a putt wrong! He has

not put a putt wrong. That is exceptional diving from the Olympic

champion -- he has not put a foot wrong. Huge scores, you would not be

surprised if the judges go 9.5s on that diet and if they do, this will

need to have Tom's dive of his life to get gold. It is mathematically

possible... Chen Aisen scores a load of tens, what about that? There is

Tom's coach. On the diving board now, Tom Daley. Tom, I saw him, he

was reading those scores. There is no way he could have missed that. He

must know... Going into the final dive that he cannot make a mistake

if he wants to end as world champion. He needs three perfect

tens just to be sure. He could get away with a 9.5 here and there. But

nothing shy of perfect will do. You hear that, Tom? Back 3.5 somersaults

in pike, it must be perfect for the World Championship gold again.

It is, it is perfect! That has got to be! That is tens! That has to be

gold for Tom Daley. Yes, come on! My word. He has not made a mistake. All

day. My goodness. Come on, judges. That is it, this is a deserved World

Championship gold for Tom Daley. Unbelievable diving, six out of six.

Yes, he has done it! CHEERING

Two tens and a 9.5 for Tom Daley. He is world champion once again. Eight

years since he last won it. At age 15, Tom Daley is once again the best

in the world. The Olympic champion could not topple him. Tom Daley hugs

his coach, Jane, there. He has not blinked. He has produced the best

diving of his life, just when it mattered. Just five points in it

between the Olympic champion Chen Aisen in silver, and Britain's Tom

Daley at the top of the podium. It has been such a tough year, getting

over that competition in Rio, where I was out of the final, and I could

not compete and show my best diving. Today, it was a tough competition,

the Olympic champion was not going to let me have it easily but I

wanted to fight until the end. You know, I really wanted to prove a

point, go and do the best I could. I am delighted with how it turned out,

a score, a personal best, I think it would have got the gold last year at

the Olympics so I am over the moon. What was going through your mind in

that final dive? The noise was incredible, and a great diver just

out before you, the pressure was on? Yes, I saw Chen Aisen do his dive

and the Chinese divers really cheering and I thought, yeah? You

want to cheer loudly for that, do you? I thought, watch this one. I

went into, yeah, you do that? I will do better. I went into a weird and

competitive mode I've never been in before. It was fun. Leon Taylor,

have you calmed down? Almost! Nobody can doubt his skills. This had

everything, no matter was it the highest quality diving final I've

ever seen in my life, it was dive for dive, the Olympic champion Chen

Aisen throwing down a near-perfect dive and Tom having no choice but to

do exactly the same. It was a battle of the Titans, slog after slob,

right until the last dive, you came over, and you said it needs to be

perfect. I said that it had to be a perfect tens, and he delivered.

Plenty of Tom Daley fans, the Tom Daley story is one that has taken

the whole nation with it. Last year in the Olympics he did not make the

final. He has turned it around, what does that say to the rest of the

team and young divers coming through? It isn't over until it is

over. Tom went through a tough time. He didn't want to walk away from the

Olympic Games have not made the final. This year he has come out,

all guns blazing, he got married this year, his coach hasn't been

there a lot of the time but among his challenges with some injuries,

bits and pieces, he kept his eye on the ball, he came out and gave us a

real insight into how mentally strong he is. And, what a comeback

story! Not a great week for Jack Laugher, one of the limpet champions

from Rio, but some strong performances elsewhere and two of

medals? -- the Olympic champions. Our best ever Olympic Games, you

come down a little, awful preparation by way of injuries,

boards, our best coaches leaving the country, arguably. A lot of

disruption in British diving. To have a couple of medals, silvers,

and some finalists, it is a strong showing. Plenty more action from the

pool this week. You will find us on BBC Two, from 5pm, the swimming

replaces the diving in Budapest. Rebecca Adlington is with me for the

rest of the week and highlights from the final day of The Open golf from

Royal Birkdale. That's at 8pm this evening.

It was a nail-biting finish but in the end, a great week for British

diving here in Budapest. The medals courtesy of Lois Toulson, Matty Lee,

Grace Reid and Tom Daley. You can say it was the Daley double that

stole the show... COMMENTATOR: Absolutely fantastic, this is

utterly brilliant. It is a silver for Siobhan-Marie O'Connor,