Highlights

:00:34. > :00:40.Hello and welcome to the European Championships 2016, taking place

:00:41. > :00:45.right here in the Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

:00:46. > :00:49.British swimmers and divers have plenty to be confident about coming

:00:50. > :00:56.into this competition, and why wouldn't they? Because let's be

:00:57. > :01:04.honest, 2015 was awesome. COMMENTATOR: He's got it! The gold

:01:05. > :01:15.medal goes to James Guy! World champion. Gold to Britain. Superb

:01:16. > :01:22.dive by Tom Daley. Well done Becky! And utterly brilliant swim. A new

:01:23. > :01:26.world record for Great Britain. Today we're dedicated to diving and

:01:27. > :01:36.there's plenty to celebrate. Here's what's coming up. Tom Daley in the

:01:37. > :01:45.ten metre platform final, he dives in about ten minutes time. And we

:01:46. > :01:53.reflect on a brilliant week, with the thing connived springboard.

:01:54. > :02:00.Couch goes for gold in the ten metre platform. It wouldn't be diving

:02:01. > :02:04.Couch goes for gold in the ten metre Leon Taylor wasn't sitting next to

:02:05. > :02:10.me in a leather chair. It's pretty loud here. If

:02:11. > :02:12.me in a leather chair. It's pretty Leon goes -- says something

:02:13. > :02:14.irrelevant, that is Leon goes -- says something

:02:15. > :02:19.Daley fans are going crazy! Leon goes -- says something

:02:20. > :02:24.been on our televisions for so long, hasn't he? He has come he's a

:02:25. > :02:29.household name. First Olympic medal at 14 years old. He's all set for

:02:30. > :02:33.Rio and he has had a great year this year. He was head and shoulders

:02:34. > :02:36.above the rest this morning, so we will wait and see. The reason he is

:02:37. > :02:39.a household name is will wait and see. The reason he is

:02:40. > :02:45.world title in 2009 when he was just 15 years old. It only seems like

:02:46. > :02:50.five minutes ago, doesn't it? Take us back to that moment, you must

:02:51. > :02:55.have been buzzing. It couldn't be any more perfect than that, he

:02:56. > :03:02.managed to leapfrog Matthew Mitchum, the Olympic champion. What an

:03:03. > :03:05.amazing moment in his career. Listen to the atmosphere here, it's

:03:06. > :03:09.incredible. It's absolutely brilliant for the divers, Tom

:03:10. > :03:14.included, to get this, because they go all over the world, more than

:03:15. > :03:18.people realise, and they don't get this home appreciation. How does it

:03:19. > :03:20.help someone like him? This is his homecoming he trains here every day.

:03:21. > :03:24.The pool is rammed to the rafters, The pool is rammed to the rafters,

:03:25. > :03:26.you have the cameras and all the The pool is rammed to the rafters,

:03:27. > :03:33.lights on, it's going to be awesome. Here he is coming out, that is why

:03:34. > :03:37.the crowd is going crazy. He still looks pretty baby faced to me! Talk

:03:38. > :03:42.us through his form this year. He's been having a view injury niggles,

:03:43. > :03:47.he is the grand old age of 22 now and diving from the ten metre takes

:03:48. > :03:52.its toll on your body, you are letting the water at 40 mph. Tom is

:03:53. > :03:57.training for six hours a day but he is working hard with his team and

:03:58. > :04:03.having a great role through the World Series and the dived really

:04:04. > :04:10.well this morning. Last year at the World Championships in cows and he

:04:11. > :04:17.got himself a medal. Obviously more competition then. The fifth dive was

:04:18. > :04:23.a bit of a for. -- Kazan. It's been a bit of a hoodoo for him. This is

:04:24. > :04:28.him last year in Kazan. How good was it for him to get that medal? For

:04:29. > :04:33.him to stand up in all that pressure and deliver... The Olympics are just

:04:34. > :04:38.a few months away now and that's when it all matters most. This is a

:04:39. > :04:43.good indicator for him. Let's look at that start list and see who his

:04:44. > :04:48.competition is. It's European so not on a world stage, but still some big

:04:49. > :04:52.names? Absolutely, I think Tom would be the first to admit that he is

:04:53. > :04:56.head and shoulders above the rest of the field, so he qualifies in pole

:04:57. > :05:00.position and everyone starts in zero, doesn't matter what you did

:05:01. > :05:05.this morning. Sascha Klein is pretty strong and the two Russians will be

:05:06. > :05:12.putting pressure on him, but I think this is Tom's pretty comfortably.

:05:13. > :05:16.Look out for Matty Lee as well, but time to send you to the commentary,

:05:17. > :05:21.here is Bob Ballard. COMMENTATOR: Here we are, the blue

:05:22. > :05:25.ribbon events of world and European diving and here we are with the

:05:26. > :05:38.great expectancy levels for Tom Daley. As they climb those arduous

:05:39. > :05:49.stairs, arduous for the likes of me, not him. Maicol Verzotto. Last died

:05:50. > :05:57.he was not in the top 12. He managed to edge his way into the top 12 in

:05:58. > :06:08.the ten metre. 12 to go, two Germans, two for Great Britain and

:06:09. > :06:12.two Russians. The opening dive for Maicol Verzotto, the degree of

:06:13. > :06:17.difficulty is 3.2 on this. We will refer to that quite often. Pretty

:06:18. > :06:21.good start for Maicol Verzotto. Up and down, did not look quite so good

:06:22. > :06:27.this morning on that dive, but a good vertical entry. There was a

:06:28. > :06:33.little bit of splash on the edge but that's a terrific start for the

:06:34. > :06:38.Italian. 72, and the marks that come up on your screen will tell you

:06:39. > :06:43.exactly how well he's done, and remember, the lines through the

:06:44. > :06:48.marks mean they do not count. But 37.5 Global do and that is

:06:49. > :07:00.multiplied by the degree of difficulty. -- but three 7.5s do.

:07:01. > :07:06.Leon Taylor has now joined me. That was a nice opening for the Italian.

:07:07. > :07:15.Good opening dive from the French diver. Three and a half somersaults

:07:16. > :07:21.in Pike position. Relatively easy, so it needed to be good. He's a

:07:22. > :07:25.little bit far away from the diving board and marginally over rotates,

:07:26. > :07:29.but he keeps the splashdown. The judges will be excited, maybe they

:07:30. > :07:43.will give him eights. Here come the marks. 72 it is for Alexis Jandard.

:07:44. > :07:50.That was right on the button, the Italian got 72 and so does the

:07:51. > :08:00.Frenchman. Onto the third of our divers. He has shown he is among the

:08:01. > :08:05.top 12 in Europe. One of those who just made the search for the tape in

:08:06. > :08:14.the latter stages, from Armenia, Lev Sargsyan. Three and a half turns

:08:15. > :08:19.with Tuck, 3.2 degrees of difficulty. Just emptying the pool a

:08:20. > :08:23.little bit as he goes in, which is a shame because they dive was

:08:24. > :08:29.relatively on the money all the way until his hands touched the water,

:08:30. > :08:33.then there seemed to be a bit of an earthquake going on, almost like a

:08:34. > :08:43.little fault Quesne erupting once he hit the water. He will only get 6.5s

:08:44. > :08:53.and 7s from the judges, the entry needs to be splash less. -- like a

:08:54. > :09:00.little volcano. If you are a lover of tattoos, you will love this man,

:09:01. > :09:07.Jesper Tolvers of Sweden. If he needs a book to read, he can just

:09:08. > :09:14.read his body instead. Onto Jesper, who had an in and out morning and he

:09:15. > :09:19.is now on his way down. The old in and out, shake it all about. It was

:09:20. > :09:32.a twisting dive. He ends up pretty good in the end. One is if he was

:09:33. > :09:39.completely up by it, he would be looking at nines. A very solid start

:09:40. > :09:46.from our Swede. It is. Eight will count, pretty much all states across

:09:47. > :09:49.the judges and 76.80 is what he gets. That's pretty

:09:50. > :10:01.-- pretty much all eights. There is a pretty big German contingent here.

:10:02. > :10:05.They will be making lots of noise, they did in the preliminaries and

:10:06. > :10:15.I'm sure they will do now to watch the German Timo Barthel. Going for a

:10:16. > :10:20.3.2 degrees of difficulty, the arm stand back two somersaults with two

:10:21. > :10:28.and a half twists. Pretty tidy from our young German, who had a bit of a

:10:29. > :10:33.calamitous time in the mixed synchronised, when he slipped off

:10:34. > :10:40.the diving board. No slipping in his only dive here, one and a half

:10:41. > :10:44.twists of course. The marks with the lines through them don't count, the

:10:45. > :10:49.two highest and two lowest don't count. The three without the lines

:10:50. > :10:56.through our multiplied by the degree of difficulty to get the first round

:10:57. > :11:00.Mark. Exactly the same as Jesper Tolvers of Sweden, so we have joint

:11:01. > :11:05.first and joint third at the moment. Remember, six rounds of this. The

:11:06. > :11:11.dives get more intricate and the degree of -- degrees of

:11:12. > :11:12.dives get more intricate and the get bigger. This man

:11:13. > :11:17.dives get more intricate and the take a risk or two if he is just

:11:18. > :11:19.dives get more intricate and the behind the medals. Perhaps we will

:11:20. > :11:27.see that later on. Vadim Kaptur of Belarus. He's also going for a 3.2.

:11:28. > :11:34.A back two and a half with one and half twists. Very tidy from Kaptur.

:11:35. > :11:38.Well, this is a high-level first round. Sometimes we see, especially

:11:39. > :11:44.this end of the field, we see some nerves and a bit of a wobble going

:11:45. > :11:49.on for a view people, but this is a stead fast start for all of the

:11:50. > :11:53.athletes concerned. We haven't seen anyone drop below 70 points, apart

:11:54. > :12:00.from the Armenian who was just under it. Kaptur goes into joint first.

:12:01. > :12:05.This is like a world final at the moment. The Europeans will be

:12:06. > :12:06.slightly down on the attempted quality because we don't have the

:12:07. > :12:12.Chinese or the Americans or the quality because we don't have the

:12:13. > :12:14.the Mexicans either, but here the Europeans are doing us proud in

:12:15. > :12:23.terms of quality. Hopefully Europeans are doing us proud in

:12:24. > :12:29.Lee will do the same here. Two and a half somersaults, one and a half

:12:30. > :12:35.twists. Very nice from Matty Lee. He's been having an absolute corker

:12:36. > :12:39.of a week. He is growing in confidence, growing in stature. Only

:12:40. > :12:45.18 years old and this is a beautiful dive. Marginally short of vertical

:12:46. > :12:55.as he goes in the water, but the degree of difficulty like-for-like,

:12:56. > :13:02.three point two. He's going to get a handful of eights. Home advantage

:13:03. > :13:08.too, and the marks are exemplary. He goes to the top of the pile with

:13:09. > :13:16.78.40, Matty Lee. Anything you can do, he can improve upon, and he has

:13:17. > :13:20.just done so. A range of 3.2s, so in terms of the degrees of difficulty

:13:21. > :13:21.you can compare and contrast. Forward three and a half degrees

:13:22. > :13:32.with tuck for Nikita Shleikher. Looking like he's going to walk away

:13:33. > :13:37.with nines, but not quite. The take-off is good, he has plenty of

:13:38. > :13:39.drop time, a bit like he was skydiving on the way out.

:13:40. > :13:47.drop time, a bit like he was couldn't quite keep the splash down.

:13:48. > :13:51.So, it's very, very, very tight. The cat this. Quite an opening. They

:13:52. > :13:54.have stepped up their game cat this. Quite an opening. They

:13:55. > :14:04.across the board from the prelims this morning. 72.20 four Nikita

:14:05. > :14:13.Shleikher. Onto the second of the Ukraine divers, Maksym Dolgov. Just

:14:14. > :14:17.the back end of his programme fell away this morning. He got off to an

:14:18. > :14:26.excellent start in the prelims with this dive. Inward three and a half

:14:27. > :14:33.with tuck, 3.2, to remind you. Well, Dolgov making a bit of a mistake on

:14:34. > :14:39.the bottom, there. Seemed to get the take-off as he needed to come are

:14:40. > :14:46.plenty of height. Just having a bit of a fight with the water as he goes

:14:47. > :14:50.in. A bit of a shimmy, and ends up throwing up the splash which moves

:14:51. > :15:02.away from the dining board. He will be disappointed with that but he

:15:03. > :15:07.won't get more than 7.5s. The judges couldn't fail to spot that, so he

:15:08. > :15:11.has been marked down a bit. Two-time winner and long-time European

:15:12. > :15:16.champion across the boards. In 2011 he was the best. He still has

:15:17. > :15:32.thoughts of being the best in 2016, the German, Sascha Klein.

:15:33. > :15:42.Very clean entry. Good take-off, very precise. Just sticking his

:15:43. > :15:48.backside out still as he goes in, marginally short of vertical but

:15:49. > :15:58.still exceptional. He has got his game face on. And he is the first to

:15:59. > :16:08.edge into the 80s. 83.2 zero. He usurps Matty Lee as we get onto

:16:09. > :16:19.Viktor Minibaev. Tom Daley will do the same dive, coming up next.

:16:20. > :16:31.Inward three and a half. The best score, 83.2 from Sascha Klein. There

:16:32. > :16:35.you go, I wondered what kind of show Minibaev would be putting on. He has

:16:36. > :16:43.been a bit here and there in some events and in training but this

:16:44. > :16:48.opening round dive will get nines and 9.5s. This will put the pressure

:16:49. > :16:56.on Tom Daley, Minibaev has his game face on and that is a corker. Same

:16:57. > :17:04.one next from Daley. There was in-depth Onuoha ten in there but it

:17:05. > :17:10.won't count. Definitely Viktor Minibaev is here to play, big style.

:17:11. > :17:17.Tom Daley will be going last in all six rounds. The others will set the

:17:18. > :17:22.target for him to chase all the 88 points from Minibaev. -- for him to

:17:23. > :17:46.chase. It's not as good as Minibaev. It is

:17:47. > :17:54.an outstanding dive from Tom Daley but he played it a little bit safe.

:17:55. > :18:00.He knows that he will not get more than 8.5s and nines. He leaves it a

:18:01. > :18:07.fraction short of vertical. It is a solid start but he will be just

:18:08. > :18:15.behind Minibaev and Klein. Still all to play for. A decent start from all

:18:16. > :18:19.of the main protagonists. 83.2 from Tom Daley. He does not lead after

:18:20. > :18:26.the first round, just like this morning. They are all close at the

:18:27. > :18:49.top. Matty Lee in fourth. Five more rounds to go and a lot of

:18:50. > :18:54.high tariff dives. Those who go burst are just delighted to be here.

:18:55. > :18:58.It was very competitive for these spots this morning. Some people who

:18:59. > :19:04.were in there fell out at the last round and this man just snuck

:19:05. > :19:13.through by a couple of points. This is low tariff compared to the

:19:14. > :19:21.others. 2.8. A low degree of difficulty. Most of the diverse

:19:22. > :19:26.choosing the reverse three and a half somersaults in the tuck

:19:27. > :19:33.position. He will be looking for 8.5s and if he gets that, it will

:19:34. > :19:42.give him about 70 points. It is good from the Italian. That is two out of

:19:43. > :19:48.two, this is high-quality diving. Don't crack your head on the

:19:49. > :19:55.concrete, please. Take your time. Onto the Frenchman, former gymnast,

:19:56. > :20:00.now making his way in diving. Early stages for him so to make a European

:20:01. > :20:06.final is a big advance compared to where he was. Alexis Jandard. He

:20:07. > :20:22.will be going for the inward three and a half somersaults with tuck.

:20:23. > :20:29.The first slight mistake. The Frenchman just let it get away from

:20:30. > :20:33.him. He was rolling over and he will get less than sevens. Almost doing a

:20:34. > :20:42.victory roll on the bottom. Unnecessary. He needs to control it

:20:43. > :20:45.much better than that. We have not seen many faltering yet but Jandard

:20:46. > :20:51.much better than that. We have not does but the marks are not bad. In

:20:52. > :20:58.this quality of competition, it does put him further behind as we move on

:20:59. > :21:04.to the diver in 12th place after round one. This is a big dive for a

:21:05. > :21:12.man with not a great experience, Lev Sargsyan of Armenia. A lot resting

:21:13. > :21:17.on this as he tries to get to the top half of the pecking order. Back

:21:18. > :21:24.three and a half somersaults with pike.

:21:25. > :21:33.He turned into banana man as he went into the water! I thought he went

:21:34. > :21:40.into some difficulty when he let go of it too early but he managed to

:21:41. > :21:44.pull it around. He averts any kind of pain coming his way although he

:21:45. > :21:51.will put a lot of pressure through his back that way. A little bit

:21:52. > :22:01.wonky as he went in so the marks will be less than six is. --

:22:02. > :22:04.wonky as he went in so the marks You don't often realise how much

:22:05. > :22:06.pliability there is in the back in those situations,

:22:07. > :22:13.pliability there is in the back in themselves look like Indian rubber

:22:14. > :22:18.men at times. 63 for Sargsyan and he will remain at the bottom of the

:22:19. > :22:24.pile. Onto Jesper Tolvers from Sweden. Inward three and a half

:22:25. > :22:28.somersaults with tuck. Make sure you are a long way from the board

:22:29. > :22:36.because it will be spinning away from him. Just let his feet slip

:22:37. > :22:41.apart as he entered the water. Not sure what happened. You normally see

:22:42. > :22:46.that on the twist dives. Safe distance from the board and just

:22:47. > :22:48.that on the twist dives. Safe losing his form goes into the water,

:22:49. > :22:51.looking a bit like a cactus as he went in,

:22:52. > :23:04.looking a bit like a cactus as he wrong places. And the marks... 78.4

:23:05. > :23:10.is OK. The judges are feeling quite generous. He got away with the

:23:11. > :23:15.cactus feet. There are some jokes that spring to mind but I will be

:23:16. > :23:24.careful, it is Sunday afternoon! Timo Barthel of Germany. This is the

:23:25. > :23:34.same dive as we have just seen from Tolvers. Nice from Timo. He is

:23:35. > :23:40.pretty good, did not have a great competition last night as we alluded

:23:41. > :23:46.to. Relatively steady. When he gets it right, he is on, and at the

:23:47. > :23:51.moment he is just a little bit here and there. Still some work to do.

:23:52. > :24:02.Floundering slightly on his entry once again. I do love those Kenny

:24:03. > :24:11.Everett hands that the German fans have got! Timo Barthel gets 72. Here

:24:12. > :24:29.is that capital. Everybody has to do an armstand -- Vadim Kaptur. Forward

:24:30. > :24:40.to somersaults, one twist. Oh! What an impressive dive. Wow. That is the

:24:41. > :24:50.best I have seen him do this. Holding the forward armstand, his

:24:51. > :24:56.nose touches the ten meter and he pops it up, he jumps higher off his

:24:57. > :25:05.hands than most people can jump off their feet. Impressive athleticism.

:25:06. > :25:12.He is right up there. 75.9 five. Now, Matty Lee needs to take all of

:25:13. > :25:18.those thoughts out of his mind. He needs to concentrate on this. Fourth

:25:19. > :25:24.place after the previous round. It is the inward for him as well. Has

:25:25. > :25:31.to get a reasonable distance from the board to complete this dive. Two

:25:32. > :25:37.out of two four Matty Lee. An exquisite dive from our young

:25:38. > :25:44.18-year-old from Leeds. Excellent take-off, beautiful line, just

:25:45. > :25:50.allowed it to roll marginally over vertical but he will get a lot of

:25:51. > :26:05.nines. Two out of two, he is very much in the mix. Wow. They like and

:26:06. > :26:13.we like. The marks that count give him 86.4. He has let into the lead

:26:14. > :26:21.for the time being but we have five more divers to go yet. The first

:26:22. > :26:29.time we will see this. Nikita Shleikher launching himself off the

:26:30. > :26:36.board, looked a bit like Eddie the Eagle. He was almost on the third

:26:37. > :26:44.black line and somehow he manages to control his momentum and sneakily

:26:45. > :26:52.gets in. He will come away with 7s. He needs to be a bit steeper to get

:26:53. > :26:58.control but 85 is good. They are wearing out the buttons on the

:26:59. > :27:06.judges pads. 85.1. Very big scores this afternoon. The winner will have

:27:07. > :27:10.a big score. Sometimes you can get up towards 600 and we might be in

:27:11. > :27:17.that range today, if somebody can be consistent over six dives. This is a

:27:18. > :27:27.slightly different version of the arms and from Maksym Dolgov --

:27:28. > :27:34.armstand. Reasonable from Dolgov. Back armstand triple, starting and

:27:35. > :27:39.finishing on the hands. He get a good take-off and flicks the feat in

:27:40. > :27:44.but allows it to over rotate which means he will get penalised. The

:27:45. > :27:48.aerial work is good. Just throwing up a splash because of the open

:27:49. > :27:52.rotation. He had a great preliminary. A little lacklustre

:27:53. > :27:58.compared to the others this afternoon. He is in seventh now and

:27:59. > :28:05.that will be lower by the time the others have gone so he has a bit of

:28:06. > :28:11.work to do. This man is capable of landing right on his head and this

:28:12. > :28:21.mark could be towards three figures, it could be over it if he gets it

:28:22. > :28:27.right. Sascha Klein on this 3.7. He has fluffed it ever so slightly.

:28:28. > :28:36.Just over rotating. This is very easy to do. He is in better balance

:28:37. > :28:42.than Nikita Shleikher but here's a bit too much forward momentum and

:28:43. > :28:50.his chin is tucked in. He got 8.5s on this this morning. And Klein has

:28:51. > :28:56.opened the door slightly for the nearby and Daley. Let's see if they

:28:57. > :29:05.will. That means that Matty Lee stayed in first place at the moment

:29:06. > :29:07.-- open the door for Minibaev. Both Viktor Minibaev and Tom Daley

:29:08. > :29:15.fluffed their second dives this morning. Viktor Minibaev has the

:29:16. > :29:26.same dive on the intricate forward four and a half. He has woken up!

:29:27. > :29:38.Outstanding dive. Wow. He has brought his capital a -- his A game.

:29:39. > :29:48.That is like a ninja! Pressure on Tom Daley. This is the dive that Tom

:29:49. > :29:53.made a slight error on this morning. Minibaev has thrown down the

:29:54. > :29:58.gauntlet. 96.2, we are getting some enormous marks here in

:29:59. > :30:03.gauntlet. 96.2, we are getting some Aquatics Championships. We have the

:30:04. > :30:10.culmination of something quite tremendous here. Tom Daley, can you

:30:11. > :30:16.keep your composure together and put behind you what you did this

:30:17. > :30:21.morning? It was only 49 points this morning on this dive. It is worth

:30:22. > :30:33.3.6, slightly down on Minibaev. Yes, stunning from Tom Daley! That

:30:34. > :30:39.is just what the doctor ordered. It needed to be good. He made a mistake

:30:40. > :30:45.on it this morning. This is the dive he has been working so hard on. He's

:30:46. > :30:51.the only person in the world to do this dive. I've seen him do it that

:30:52. > :30:55.well in training, it's about time he nailed it here, in response to

:30:56. > :31:08.Minibaev. This is game on. Daley into second place. Every time

:31:09. > :31:11.I have seen him in practice this week he has been working on that

:31:12. > :31:25.dive and trying to get it honed to perfection. 180.40, for him. Just

:31:26. > :31:34.four points behind Victor Minibaev. Has been a high-quality contest, as

:31:35. > :31:40.we enter the third round of six. Ten metre platform, European

:31:41. > :31:44.Championships. The event at which Tom Daley was a European champion at

:31:45. > :31:49.Championships. The event at which 14, in 2008. Maicol Verzotto, for

:31:50. > :31:57.Italy. He has improved greatly on his morning performance so far. A

:31:58. > :32:01.slightly higher tariff dive from his previous round, up to

:32:02. > :32:05.slightly higher tariff dive from his time. Forward three and a half

:32:06. > :32:09.somersaults from the Italian. That's the first little arrow we've seen

:32:10. > :32:17.from Maicol His first the first little arrow we've seen

:32:18. > :32:26.capable of. Just a little too loose in his shape, there. He's only going

:32:27. > :32:32.to get 7.5s on this, but still, consistent diving. There is a man

:32:33. > :32:39.who does both ten metre and three metre, Maicol Verzotto. He's been

:32:40. > :32:45.doing a lot of running around today, has the Italian. Not going to be in

:32:46. > :32:53.the shake-up for the medals, surely, but an improvement from where he was

:32:54. > :33:00.in the prelims this morning. Onto Alexis Jandard of France. The back

:33:01. > :33:09.three and a half. Oh my goodness, he hit the water like a dodo, just fell

:33:10. > :33:15.off the diving board, spin, spin, spin. Look at this. A Val Kano

:33:16. > :33:25.erupting again. This is a below average dive here. Wow, look at all

:33:26. > :33:32.the splash. 5.5s, probably. He will be way back. He knows he's let that

:33:33. > :33:45.dive go by. That is your definitive sack of potatoes dive, I'm afraid.

:33:46. > :33:53.51.1 five, four Alexis Jandard. I'm afraid it's au revoir for him. He

:33:54. > :33:58.will have ambitions of gaining a place or two. Almost time for a cup

:33:59. > :34:07.of tea! Reverse three and a half with tuck. Sets his sights. It

:34:08. > :34:13.didn't really work for him, the delay this morning.

:34:14. > :34:23.Oh! What a dive from the Armenian! I was getting ready to critique may be

:34:24. > :34:33.something a little bit under par, but that was an absolute duty of a

:34:34. > :34:39.dive. He was up there talking himself into it as if he were on the

:34:40. > :34:45.end of a plank and he were about to jump off, but he has jumped off in

:34:46. > :34:57.fine style. Wow, I am very impressed with that young man. Look at those

:34:58. > :35:09.big smiles. 86.70, great marks for Sarkisian. -- for Lev Sargsyan. Onto

:35:10. > :35:19.the Swede, and Jesper Tolvers is going to go for a back three and a

:35:20. > :35:24.half. Well, Tolvers making a little bit of a mistake on the time he came

:35:25. > :35:33.out of the dive there. Spinning a little bit slowly. He ends up

:35:34. > :35:40.botching the entry. Floundering. Over he goes. It's a mini surfboard

:35:41. > :35:47.moment for our surfing fans out there. When the dive goes over, that

:35:48. > :35:53.wave appears, and fives to boot. Not good for Jasper, the marks are not

:35:54. > :36:00.encouraging. 51.15 does not get the job done. As we move onto Timo

:36:01. > :36:04.Barthel. Here he comes. This was the dive he slipped on yesterday. Almost

:36:05. > :36:13.had a very heated debate with the referee and tried to get a redive,

:36:14. > :36:19.bad he was sent packing. Just over rotating on the entry to the water.

:36:20. > :36:26.But he made a real dog 's dinner of the one yesterday, slipping off. But

:36:27. > :36:33.this was above average. Let's see what the judges say. They're feeling

:36:34. > :36:37.quite generous today. 7.5s the order of the day. Remember, it is the

:36:38. > :36:42.degree of difficulty multiplied by the three that remain. Those marks

:36:43. > :36:56.on the screen with lines through do not count, that is how we arrive at

:36:57. > :36:59.65.5 zero. Vadim Kaptur, forward three somersaults with pike. Not the

:37:00. > :37:05.three and a half that we will see later on. He is diving very, very

:37:06. > :37:16.well indeed. His entry not quite straightening out. The judges will

:37:17. > :37:22.be lies him for that. -- will penalised him for that. That said,

:37:23. > :37:33.Vadim Kaptur is having the Europeans of his life. It might knock him a

:37:34. > :37:37.peg or two back, but solid enough. At the moment he will go into third

:37:38. > :37:47.place, but plenty more still to come. We are halfway through the 12,

:37:48. > :37:51.as we move to Matty Lee. Excellent second round. This was actually his

:37:52. > :37:58.best dive of the morning, aesthetically. Arm stand, back three

:37:59. > :38:06.somersaults. Matty Lee currently in third place as well. Oh!

:38:07. > :38:16.Sensational! Matty Lee is having the competition of his life at the

:38:17. > :38:22.moment. He is rocking it. Wow. Fireworks are going off in here this

:38:23. > :38:28.afternoon. Matty Lee is matching Tom Daley in many respects, he is

:38:29. > :38:35.diving, well... Through the roof, off the roof almost. Looking calm,

:38:36. > :38:40.looking composed and thrilled with what he's done so far. Only half the

:38:41. > :38:44.job done so far, though. Three more rounds of three to go, but so far

:38:45. > :38:53.absolutely on the button for Matty Lee, who has a lead over the rest of

:38:54. > :38:58.32 points at this stage. Nikita Shleikher, a higher tariff dive,

:38:59. > :39:02.3.6, this one. Act three and a half somersaults with pike. Get this

:39:03. > :39:12.right and he will go above league. Oh! Shleikher getting back into it.

:39:13. > :39:17.He was looking a little bit wobbly, certainly in training, especially on

:39:18. > :39:20.this dive. He hit the water almost like a starfish in training. No

:39:21. > :39:27.starfish this time, he is bang on the money. And that is going to get

:39:28. > :39:32.a huge score. Its 3.6, maybe 90 points, and if it does he might

:39:33. > :39:37.break a smile. Smile, come on, you can do it! It doesn't hurt. He has

:39:38. > :39:49.got a lot of tape on the lower back, though. He gets a 3-point lead, a

:39:50. > :39:55.3.15 lead over Matty Lee. Lee will get notched down maybe a place. Now,

:39:56. > :39:59.Dolgov. Everyone is going to do this, all the main divers are doing

:40:00. > :40:02.it, not all 12 but all those in medal contention will do the forward

:40:03. > :40:13.four and a half somersaults with tuck. Maksym Dolgov. Wow, that's a

:40:14. > :40:18.much better take-off. They were so far away from the diving board on

:40:19. > :40:22.this particular dive, Dolgov popping up there and he manages to control

:40:23. > :40:29.the entry. This is going to be another dive over 90 points. Wow. We

:40:30. > :40:34.are being treated here this afternoon to some world-class diving

:40:35. > :40:40.at these European Championships. We're going to see that dive go over

:40:41. > :40:47.100 today, I predict. Someone is going to do 100 plus. Now you said

:40:48. > :40:54.that, Bob! Go on, get your crystal ball... Sascha Klein up next. This

:40:55. > :40:59.is the arm stand instead. We're seeing different varieties

:41:00. > :41:01.is the arm stand instead. We're arm stand today. This one has 3.5

:41:02. > :41:10.attached to it on degree of difficulty. Arm stand back three

:41:11. > :41:14.somersaults with pike. Sascha just about holding onto that. Comes a

:41:15. > :41:20.little bit forward on his take-off, but he needs to. Well, that's a bit

:41:21. > :41:24.of jiggery-pokery at the bottom there. Somehow manages to stop the

:41:25. > :41:32.dive sailing over. He bends his there. Somehow manages to stop the

:41:33. > :41:41.impression he wasn't going surfing, and he gets away with it, good dive.

:41:42. > :41:52.89.2 five, four Sascha Klein. A winner five years ago. Now, Viktor

:41:53. > :41:56.as the marginal lead over Tom Daley. They are matching each other stroke

:41:57. > :42:01.for stroke and died for dive at the moment. A reverse three and a half

:42:02. > :42:12.somersaults with tuck, 3.4, four Viktor Minibaev. He really has got

:42:13. > :42:20.-- magnificent dive. Good take-off, magnificent died from Minibaev.

:42:21. > :42:32.-- magnificent dive. Good take-off, squeezing into the Tut position. He

:42:33. > :42:43.is our current leader and Tom Daley is right on his shoulder. That is

:42:44. > :42:57.three out of three, from Minibaev. 88.4. We're not getting low marks

:42:58. > :43:01.from the big boys here, are we? They are all up there on the higher

:43:02. > :43:07.register. Tom Bailey, arm stand back three somersaults with pike. This

:43:08. > :43:11.and the next dive... They were pretty good this morning but they

:43:12. > :43:16.will need to be pretty good this afternoon because everyone around is

:43:17. > :43:29.not faltering. Tom Daley in second place right now.

:43:30. > :43:39.Boom, three out of three for Daley as well. Slugging it out with Viktor

:43:40. > :43:43.Minibaev. A little bit of a minor twist as he enters the water, I

:43:44. > :43:47.don't think the judges will notice that. His entry is very clean. You

:43:48. > :43:53.can see both of his feet pointing towards us. But he sure the judges

:43:54. > :43:58.won't see that. This is a 3.5 degrees of difficulty. There is some

:43:59. > :44:05.kind of technical issue. He doesn't need this. Doesn't really matter,

:44:06. > :44:09.the dive is good. The judges will impact their scores and the

:44:10. > :44:19.computers will reboot. Let's see what happens, I predict nine is. --

:44:20. > :44:24.nines. 98. And there is a ten in there but it won't count, sadly. The

:44:25. > :44:30.middle marks will come and that means that Daley has edged into the

:44:31. > :44:31.lead at the halfway stage. The quality of diving is sensational.

:44:32. > :44:58.Absolutely top Michael is really -- Maicol Verzotto

:44:59. > :45:04.really enjoying it, as he prepares for round four. He has opted to go

:45:05. > :45:11.for the inward three and a half somersaults with tuck. Made up a

:45:12. > :45:21.couple of places this morning, 12 after round three.

:45:22. > :45:33.It's good from Maicol. On that one in particular, his entry was a

:45:34. > :45:40.little bit loose. Not quite keeping the splash down but he is diving

:45:41. > :45:48.very well indeed. He just scraped into the final. I think he is the

:45:49. > :46:01.only divert to use a towel. I haven't noticed. -- only diver. On

:46:02. > :46:07.the end of the board, you mean. Yes, just to help the purchase. It is a

:46:08. > :46:13.comfort blanket. We did see somebody slipped off the board last night.

:46:14. > :46:24.Reverse three and a half with tuck for the Frenchman, Alexis Jandard.

:46:25. > :46:32.He will stay in 12th place. I can feel that in my lower back and I

:46:33. > :46:36.didn't even do it. He lets go of it too early, he was loose in the back

:46:37. > :46:42.and has nothing to do but to try to scrape it in. The jiggery-pokery

:46:43. > :46:48.didn't work and he has made a bit of a dog 's dinner of that. He will be

:46:49. > :46:56.looking forward to his own dinner this evening. And letting those

:46:57. > :47:01.aches and pains melt away. Looking for the physio in about 25 minutes,

:47:02. > :47:08.the way things are going. That is two rather unfortunate dives for

:47:09. > :47:13.him. Sargsyan had a superb third round which lifted him from the

:47:14. > :47:20.bottom of the table up to seventh. Again, it is a high tariff dive and

:47:21. > :47:31.a lot involved in this. It might take me a long time to read it.

:47:32. > :47:40.Armstand back two somersaults, two and a half twists. A high tariff for

:47:41. > :47:49.a man of his experience, 3.6 degree of difficulty. He was catapulting

:47:50. > :47:53.himself as though he was out of control like a spaceship spinning

:47:54. > :48:01.out of control in orbit but he managed to reorientate himself and

:48:02. > :48:08.end up slightly under twisted. It has a high degree of difficulty and

:48:09. > :48:13.he has all sorts of control issues. The judges will see that over twist.

:48:14. > :48:19.he has all sorts of control issues. The second judge did because he gave

:48:20. > :48:24.it five. Maybe the others from their different angles thought it was

:48:25. > :48:28.better than it was. That is why we only give you the three middle

:48:29. > :48:36.marks. At the bottom and top do not count. That gave him a grand total,

:48:37. > :48:49.if that is the right phrase, up 68.4. -- of 68.4. This is Tolvers.

:48:50. > :48:55.Not quite is the feedback on that, not quite making it, not quite

:48:56. > :49:01.getting the take-off right. And the entry suffered, getting a slap on

:49:02. > :49:07.the back of his legs. Some good stuff early on from Jesper but that

:49:08. > :49:20.is under par. Some nasty smacks on the back of a

:49:21. > :49:28.neck for a few of the divers in this round. Onto Timo Barthel. This one

:49:29. > :49:34.is not quite where he needs to be. Still three rounds and a lot can

:49:35. > :49:42.happen. Back two and a half somersaults, one and a half twists.

:49:43. > :49:51.That is neat and tidy from our German. Good take-off, one and a

:49:52. > :50:00.half twists, it is quite easy for him. He will be getting 8s because

:50:01. > :50:07.of the position of the entry more than anything. Minimal splash and

:50:08. > :50:11.upright. He will be around the middle of the field with that. 76.8

:50:12. > :50:23.is what he gets. Not really a middle of the field with that. 76.8

:50:24. > :50:28.contender for the top three. This man has slipped back a bit. He was

:50:29. > :50:34.working his way through the field and this is his danger dive because

:50:35. > :50:38.he gets much too close to the board sometimes. Inward three and a half

:50:39. > :50:44.somersaults with tuck. Hold your breath. If he is feeling aggressive,

:50:45. > :50:52.this might be a bit too close for comfort. Safe distance from the

:50:53. > :50:56.board. You were right to give the heads up because he has clipped his

:50:57. > :51:07.head previously, I can't remember where it was. Technically very

:51:08. > :51:11.proficient at that time. He ends up washing it, a fraction over vertical

:51:12. > :51:21.but apart from that it was good as he waits for the scoreboard. The man

:51:22. > :51:28.in the black jacket who keeps walking towards... One of the judges

:51:29. > :51:40.has not put the score improperly. -- the score in properly. Hello, Judge

:51:41. > :51:47.four has given two. He deems it was dangerous and too close. If that is

:51:48. > :51:51.not a mistake, that is the penalisation because if he hit his

:51:52. > :51:54.head on the board, he could die instantly. Was it that close? I

:51:55. > :52:08.didn't think so. Matty Lee now. Fourth place at the

:52:09. > :52:17.moment. Forward three and a half somersaults with pike. Lovely,

:52:18. > :52:21.lovely dive. Four out of four. This is a superb diving from the

:52:22. > :52:26.18-year-old from Leeds. Heavily strapped on his wrists and the

:52:27. > :52:32.all-important entry in to the water, that is what the strapping is for,

:52:33. > :52:35.that is going his way at the moment. This was his lowest degree of

:52:36. > :52:42.difficulty, it needed to be good and he has delivered. I did suggest, and

:52:43. > :52:48.some thought I was being fanciful, that Matty Lee might get close to a

:52:49. > :52:54.top three place today and people said, well, not realistic. He is

:52:55. > :53:02.proving me right at the moment. He moves into the lead. As you

:53:03. > :53:08.mentioned, everybody has to do an armstand at some point, some do it

:53:09. > :53:13.early, some late. Nikita Shleikher. Two somersaults and two and a half

:53:14. > :53:22.twists which adds up to 3.6 in difficulty. That is the first error

:53:23. > :53:31.we have seen from him. His armstand is good, he just get after it a bit

:53:32. > :53:36.too much, over rotation caused by the excessive somersault rotation.

:53:37. > :53:46.That will see him drop into low 70s even though it has high difficulty.

:53:47. > :53:52.His execution marks only 6.5s. That means he moves below Matty Lee who

:53:53. > :53:57.is in the lead at the moment. We have four more to come in this

:53:58. > :54:04.round. Tom Daley will be last up. Viktor Minibaev is his main

:54:05. > :54:10.competitor at the moment and he will be going just before him but let's

:54:11. > :54:17.see what Dolgov can do on his back three and a half somersaults with

:54:18. > :54:22.tuck, 3.3. He hit the water as if we dropped a post box from the ten

:54:23. > :54:28.metre. He did not get any kind of rotational speed. He left it short

:54:29. > :54:31.vertical and gets a smack on the backside of his body from the

:54:32. > :54:37.shoulders all the way up to the calfs. That will stink. He will not

:54:38. > :54:43.be read as a lobster but he will be feeling that going into the

:54:44. > :54:56.remaining dives -- red. Not first mail today. -- first-class mail.

:54:57. > :55:04.Onto Sascha Klein. He is going with a 3.6. Another one of his favourite

:55:05. > :55:08.dives. His favourite comes at the end but this is pretty decent, back

:55:09. > :55:17.three and a half somersaults with pike. I don't know, that is still

:55:18. > :55:26.pretty good, I am going with that. This is the dive that the German

:55:27. > :55:36.pair capitalised on the synchro. He is marginally short of vertical, he

:55:37. > :55:42.might get 7.5s and 8s. He is still there, poised and ready and in medal

:55:43. > :55:52.contention. I am going with judge four, but there you go. Just under

:55:53. > :55:58.80. This is where the main competition starts, I think. Unless

:55:59. > :56:08.he drops a dive here, I can't see it will be anything other than Minibaev

:56:09. > :56:17.against Daley now. This is his armstand.

:56:18. > :56:22.Two somersaults, two and a half twists for the Russian. What kind of

:56:23. > :56:36.Mark Cann he set for Tom Daley coming next? -- what kind of Mark

:56:37. > :56:43.can he set. We saw Shleikher doing the same. He pops up nicely, didn't

:56:44. > :56:54.quite have enough rotational speed so the water smacks him on the front

:56:55. > :57:05.of his chest. There we go. Not sure whether to celebrate or commiserate.

:57:06. > :57:09.Let's see what Tom has got. 77.4. If my prediction is right, Tom Daley

:57:10. > :57:19.will get three figures here because I think one of these four and a half

:57:20. > :57:25.dives will go. He got 98, 99 this morning. He can do it. Forward four

:57:26. > :57:34.and a half with tuck. Don't let me down, Tom. That is not going to get

:57:35. > :57:42.three figures. But it is still a very good dive. Not quite as good as

:57:43. > :57:47.this morning. He pops it up and gives himself a real chance and he

:57:48. > :57:54.is going to get over 95. It is a shame he let it over rotate. He did

:57:55. > :58:02.a bit of jiggery-pokery to save it with the forward roll underneath.

:58:03. > :58:08.Very good from Tom Daley. 96.2, not quite three figures. He got three

:58:09. > :58:15.figures at the World Series recently on two dives. What it means is that

:58:16. > :58:23.he has a 24 point advantage. Matty Lee just edging out Sascha Klein who

:58:24. > :58:28.is now in fourth place. Three, four and five changing places quite

:58:29. > :58:33.rapidly but first and second domain quite firm, Daley from Minibaev with

:58:34. > :58:44.two rounds to go. The penultimate round, round five. We are with the

:58:45. > :58:50.not so big movers and shakers at the wrong end of the table at they are

:58:51. > :58:58.all trying to get the highest scores they can. This is Maicol Verzotto

:58:59. > :59:10.with his back three and a half somersaults with tuck. The degree of

:59:11. > :59:15.difficulty is 3.3. He needed a 10.5 metre platform for that. You could

:59:16. > :59:23.see the head tilt as he came out, he knows he struggled. Just collapsing

:59:24. > :59:32.into the water a little bit. Running out of room, he just about scrapes

:59:33. > :59:40.it in. Started off very strongly, the Italian, and he is still there.

:59:41. > :59:47.Mind your head! There is a lot of concrete around here. You don't want

:59:48. > :59:55.to bash into it when you are not involved in competition. Alexis

:59:56. > :00:04.Jandard of France. 3.2. This has quite a lot

:00:05. > :00:10.Back to and a half with one and a half twists. Much better from the

:00:11. > :00:20.Frenchman. He knows his way around anything which is forward finishing.

:00:21. > :00:24.Very tidy, little bit of a poor entry, bumpy and lumpy in all the

:00:25. > :00:29.wrong places for that expert line. He will still probably get eight

:00:30. > :00:38.from the judges. For nine, he would have needed to straighten a

:00:39. > :00:41.from the judges. For nine, he would more. 76.8, four Alexis Jandard of

:00:42. > :00:45.France come he crosses the Rubicon of 300. Showing today

:00:46. > :00:49.France come he crosses the Rubicon of promise in this man from Armenia.

:00:50. > :00:54.It hasn't quite happened for him today but he is still finding his

:00:55. > :00:59.way into the sport, making his way. You imagine he will be on the plane

:01:00. > :01:09.to Rio and at the World Championship 's in Budapest next year. It's the

:01:10. > :01:21.back two and a half again. That earned Alexis Jandard 76.80. Two and

:01:22. > :01:31.a half somersaults, two and a half twists. He does it very well, I'm

:01:32. > :01:39.impressed with this young man from Armenia. He has had an absolute

:01:40. > :01:45.pearl of a meeting. What a dive to finish some and fluently excellent

:01:46. > :01:54.guides from him, and as Bob mentioned he has got fabulous

:01:55. > :01:58.potential. Big smile, bit of acknowledgement, so far so good. We

:01:59. > :02:08.will see a lot more of him next time round. If he can just tidy a couple

:02:09. > :02:12.of dives up. The Swede has been erratic today, good, bad and

:02:13. > :02:17.indifferent in equal measure. Oh! It's a bit low on the water, it not

:02:18. > :02:25.very ninja like but it's good enough. Such a tough dive, good to

:02:26. > :02:29.see Jesper stepping up and taking on the world's most difficult dives, as

:02:30. > :02:36.we're being treated to by many of the athletes here this evening. Just

:02:37. > :02:44.scrappy, low in the water, but still seven on that dive is very good. We

:02:45. > :02:50.know about their swimmers, some very good European swimmers. They will be

:02:51. > :02:59.here in the pool starting tomorrow with the swimming you can see

:03:00. > :03:06.tomorrow, rounding off with the three metre synchronised for women.

:03:07. > :03:17.But before that, Timo Barthel going in round five. Very nice, for

:03:18. > :03:33.Barthel. He's been very consistent. He plays the waiting game. Just

:03:34. > :03:38.marginally over rotated. He was still not happy last night. He was

:03:39. > :03:42.talking to his coach and trying to talk to the screen and watches

:03:43. > :03:47.coach, like he was watching Wimbledon, his hopes going back and

:03:48. > :03:55.forward. 79.2, he was not happy with that. He wanted nine is Antigua

:03:56. > :04:00.eights. Vadim Kaptur got his bogey dive out of the way, I think. Back

:04:01. > :04:03.three and a half somersaults with tuck, this one. Shouldn't be any

:04:04. > :04:09.problem with him getting too close to the concrete. This is his bogey

:04:10. > :04:15.dive and the one before is the dangerous dive. It was Shanghai 2011

:04:16. > :04:21.in training that he hit his head on the diving board and had to be

:04:22. > :04:31.carried out. This one, he goes to the tuck shape and incorrectly goes

:04:32. > :04:40.to let go and over he goes. Well, he was a contender but he's not a

:04:41. > :04:44.contender now. 66. Still four more to go, he will not be anywhere near

:04:45. > :04:50.fourth place by the end of this round. I don't want to but the

:04:51. > :04:55.commentators curse on Matty Lee. Four absolutely superb rounds so

:04:56. > :05:00.far. Everything he would have hoped for. Can he keep that sequence

:05:01. > :05:09.going? Back three and a half somersaults with tuck. Oh! That's

:05:10. > :05:14.the first we've seen from this young man. It was almost too good to be

:05:15. > :05:22.true. He has absolutely spiked his first four dives. This dive was role

:05:23. > :05:26.reversal. The water has given him a good slap as he over rotates. That's

:05:27. > :05:31.a real shame for Matty Lee, because he was mixing it up with the Giants,

:05:32. > :05:35.with the big boys, and now he's been relegated to the middle of the pack.

:05:36. > :05:47.But still, still diving very, very well. Oh! Look at his face! As

:05:48. > :05:51.somebody once said... Now to Nikita Shleikher of Russia. Reverse three

:05:52. > :05:56.and a half somersaults with tuck. Currently in fifth, on the cusp of

:05:57. > :06:02.getting into the top three, especially with Matty Lee blowing

:06:03. > :06:06.that dive, he could get there. Wow, Shleikher straight in there, like a

:06:07. > :06:13.spider monkey, he couldn't wait to get his dive in. What an absolutely

:06:14. > :06:19.perfect dive from Shleikher. After faltering on the previous round, he

:06:20. > :06:24.was neck and neck with Matty Lee, Matty Lee was in front, he saw the

:06:25. > :06:29.opportunity and he has grabbed it with both hands. Shleikher back up

:06:30. > :06:37.there on the mix -- in the mix. Heat moves a long way clear of Matty Lee,

:06:38. > :06:43.actually. 37 points. He's certainly taken over his space and may have

:06:44. > :06:48.taken over another space as well. The current leader, Nikita

:06:49. > :06:57.Shleikher. Maksym Dolgov of Ukraine. Reverse three and a half somersaults

:06:58. > :07:02.with tuck. He can at least close in on the top five if he gets this

:07:03. > :07:09.right. He was leaving for a while this morning. That is good from

:07:10. > :07:16.Dolgov, isn't it? He's had a mixed bag this evening. Some of the dives

:07:17. > :07:24.earlier on in this programme, that's why he was drifting away. That's

:07:25. > :07:30.pretty solid. Just needs to finish off the extension on the jump, give

:07:31. > :07:33.himself a bit more time. He's got a very big split tuck as you can see

:07:34. > :07:44.from the camera angle we just enjoyed. He needs to tidy up. 76.5,

:07:45. > :07:51.then, the other Ukraine diver, as we move onto the top German, who is

:07:52. > :07:55.still in range, still a threat, certainly for the top three. A

:07:56. > :08:03.reverse three and a half with tuck, from Sascha Klein. Oh! Faltering.

:08:04. > :08:09.The supreme Sascha Klein has got so many European medals that you would

:08:10. > :08:19.think he would be untouchable. That is a hodgepodge, Diaz waited too

:08:20. > :08:26.long and over he goes. That is going to score low from the judges. He got

:08:27. > :08:26.away with this last time, Bob wasn't happy, but the

:08:27. > :08:31.away with this last time, Bob wasn't relatively kind to him there. A

:08:32. > :08:37.mixed bag but it is the sevens that count.

:08:38. > :08:49.Onto Viktor Minibaev. He and Tom Daley were going neck to neck up to

:08:50. > :08:54.round four. He needs to get back on the horse with a back three and a

:08:55. > :08:58.half somersaults with Pike, 3.6. He had a really good finish this

:08:59. > :09:07.morning. The last two dives were exemplary. He needs that now. Well,

:09:08. > :09:09.back into the competition with an absolutely wonderful back three and

:09:10. > :09:14.a half somersaults in the pike position. We're going to see Tom

:09:15. > :09:21.Daley finish on this dive. Minibaev doing it now. He's going to get huge

:09:22. > :09:33.marks, 95 plus I would imagine if he gets nine. Minibaev back on the

:09:34. > :09:42.horse and in the saddle, riding, chasing after Tom Daley. 97.2 from

:09:43. > :09:55.Viktor. Now, if I've done my calculations right here, 74 puts

:09:56. > :10:02.Daley back on top. Not as high a tariff dive, 3.4 attached to this.

:10:03. > :10:09.On the reverse, three and a half somersaults with tuck. Yes! Just

:10:10. > :10:13.marginally short of vertical but an absolutely drilled entry

:10:14. > :10:17.marginally short of vertical but an Daley, very clean. He's not going to

:10:18. > :10:22.get tens but the judges will give him in nines on this. He's

:10:23. > :10:28.fractionally short of vertical, he disappears into the water. Tom Daley

:10:29. > :10:40.is rocking and rolling. He loves this place, doesn't he? He has won

:10:41. > :10:45.gold, and a bronze medal in 2012. Something over 550 would be

:10:46. > :10:53.massively impressive, and Tom is very much in that zone. On course

:10:54. > :11:02.for that, definitely. Victor Minibaev has some ground to make up.

:11:03. > :11:16.Those are the two who are kind of cast adrift. Last round of the

:11:17. > :11:21.platform final ferment. In London at the European Championships of 2016.

:11:22. > :11:26.Are we going to have someone who has already done it before as a gold

:11:27. > :11:31.medallist? It's looking like that. For the Italian supporters, it's

:11:32. > :11:36.like being at a Donald Trump rally, isn't it? The Italians seem to have

:11:37. > :11:47.disappeared, we have had them with their horns this week like something

:11:48. > :11:51.from one of those old 60s films, but here is Maicol Verzotto. Nice solid

:11:52. > :11:56.finish from Maicol Verzotto. He has done very well this evening, just

:11:57. > :12:05.scraping into this final and just seeing clips of if he goes over 415,

:12:06. > :12:12.he will be delighted. I think he's going to get a very, very good mark

:12:13. > :12:21.for his repertoire. Let's have a look. 44. He's kind of limited in

:12:22. > :12:33.the degree of difficulty, 76.80 final dive, taking him to 424.05.

:12:34. > :12:40.Just scraped in this morning, but this evening no such problems. A

:12:41. > :12:47.couple of really nasty smacks on the back of the neck. Let's hope that

:12:48. > :12:51.doesn't occur this time. Arm stand, back two somersaults, one and a half

:12:52. > :12:59.twists will stop let's hope he has a safe passage down. He does, yes. It

:13:00. > :13:03.just seems to be the reverse movements that he has difficulty

:13:04. > :13:09.with. Anything finishing forward as this arm stand twist does. He was

:13:10. > :13:11.safe, he got it across the line and he has competed well in this

:13:12. > :13:26.European final. Final set of marks for him. 70.40.

:13:27. > :13:31.Coach reasonably happy. A member, he's a gymnast turning into a diver,

:13:32. > :13:35.early days for him. This will have been a great experience, as indeed

:13:36. > :13:42.it will be for the man in your picture now, Lev Sargsyan. Now, I

:13:43. > :13:46.don't think he is the man to give us the three figures I was hoping for.

:13:47. > :13:52.This is a really tough time for an inexperienced diver. It is the

:13:53. > :13:58.highest we're going to see in this programme, a forward four and a half

:13:59. > :14:13.somersaults with tuck. 3.7 on degree of difficulty. Forward four and a

:14:14. > :14:22.half. Lev Sargsyan of Armenia. Wow! Go Lev. He launches himself, as if

:14:23. > :14:27.he is coming off the ski jump like Eddie V Eagle. He manages to get the

:14:28. > :14:32.4.5 and somehow he Eddie V Eagle. He manages to get the

:14:33. > :14:37.distance award from the diving board, he should swim to the right

:14:38. > :14:44.of screen but he does very well to control that and Lev Sargsyan has

:14:45. > :14:49.been rocking that. Just some news, he's entered the 50 metres

:14:50. > :15:09.freestyle, he's gone that far! Lev Sargsyan, and a very decent return

:15:10. > :15:16.for him at the end, 432.75. Some people leave their arm stand to the

:15:17. > :15:21.very end and he is one of them. It's a solid finish from the Swede. He's

:15:22. > :15:27.had a bit of a mixed bag out there today. Some of his dives were a bit

:15:28. > :15:32.wishy-washy, others on the money. That one was a bit more on the

:15:33. > :15:37.money. Interesting to finish on an arm stand.

:15:38. > :15:47.Good balance, everything in the right place and a reasonably good

:15:48. > :15:56.total, just below 400. Just shy of the 400 mark. He moves up into sixth

:15:57. > :16:03.for the moment. Timo Barthel. A bit of a rivalry between the Italian and

:16:04. > :16:11.German fans as to who can be the loudest. The Italians probably just

:16:12. > :16:21.have the march. This is his last dive. Oh! Timo Barthel finishing off

:16:22. > :16:25.with an absolutely tremendous dive. Reverse three and a half somersaults

:16:26. > :16:33.in the tuck position, this is his best dive, he absolutely buries the

:16:34. > :16:39.entry. Not even a ripple of splash. What a dive to finish from this

:16:40. > :16:50.young German. Wow. Pressure on his team-mate now. What a way to finish.

:16:51. > :16:55.We have not had a ten that counts yet. We have had a few sprinkled in

:16:56. > :17:00.the marks so far. This man threatened to do something special

:17:01. > :17:06.but has slipped away as each dive and folders, each has been slightly

:17:07. > :17:16.substandard by his standards. Last up for him is the 3.4, reverse three

:17:17. > :17:23.and a half somersaults. Just ran out of room. He does struggle with this.

:17:24. > :17:29.He does not have the opening through the chest and shoulders and cannot

:17:30. > :17:33.generate the rotation needed. Not quite the trapdoor we talked about

:17:34. > :17:36.last night but he does skip off and leave himself a bit too much work to

:17:37. > :17:47.do and he collapses into the water a leave himself a bit too much work to

:17:48. > :17:54.stuff from him today. He puts his arms up, thumbs up to the crowd but

:17:55. > :17:58.unable to raise a smile and rather disappointing with the expectancy

:17:59. > :18:05.levels he would have had. This man was right in there for a medal and

:18:06. > :18:11.still is if he can get this nailed. People around him have faulted a

:18:12. > :18:20.bit. Reverse three and a half with tuck. Yes! Matty Lee! What an

:18:21. > :18:27.absolute corker to finish on. What a shame his fifth round guys let him

:18:28. > :18:37.down. He has been diving out of his skin -- his fifth round dive. He has

:18:38. > :18:40.really stepped up to the plate. I take my hat off to you, that is top

:18:41. > :18:50.drawer. He likes what he sees. take my hat off to you, that is top

:18:51. > :18:54.Thumbs up and smile. Another good day 's work. No medal today maybe.

:18:55. > :18:57.But day 's work. No medal today maybe.

:18:58. > :19:07.future will be raised by that performance. 91.8 to finish with.

:19:08. > :19:11.Now we are at the sharp end where the medals will probably come from,

:19:12. > :19:20.or certainly will come from. Has this man got one? Nikita Shleikher

:19:21. > :19:29.of Russia. He made a bit of a mess of it right at the finish line.

:19:30. > :19:30.of Russia. He made a bit of a mess mistake happens here, he leans back

:19:31. > :19:35.too far and has trouble controlling mistake happens here, he leans back

:19:36. > :19:39.it and he over rotates but he will still get a huge score. It does not

:19:40. > :19:49.seal a medal, he will have to wait and see what Sascha Klein and

:19:50. > :19:54.Minibaev and Daley have to offer. 70.2, he

:19:55. > :20:01.Minibaev and Daley have to offer. smile on his face, which is good.

:20:02. > :20:07.But he might just be a bit short in terms of getting a top three place.

:20:08. > :20:14.It has not been this man's date in terms of a top three place, -- his

:20:15. > :20:17.day. You would have had him pencilled in for a medal but it has

:20:18. > :20:26.not worked out that way in the final where it counts. His back two and a

:20:27. > :20:30.half with two and a half twists. Pretty chunky all the way through,

:20:31. > :20:36.hitting the water and not quite straightening out. Underwhelming on

:20:37. > :20:41.quite a few of his dives, throwing up too much splash. It is a big dive

:20:42. > :20:52.to finish but he has been off the pace. Good luminaries and a shonky

:20:53. > :21:01.final. A little shonky goes a long way. Three sixes. He had a long chat

:21:02. > :21:09.with his coach. They will go back to the drawing board to seek what they

:21:10. > :21:19.can get right next time -- to see. This is where we could get a change

:21:20. > :21:25.around the medals. 3.6. Same dive, back to the half, two and a half

:21:26. > :21:28.twists. He likes this. He does a reasonable job and keeps the splash

:21:29. > :21:37.down, he did have his backside sticking out. Did Shleikher have too

:21:38. > :21:45.much of a lead? It will be ever so close Ulster he needs 8.5s. Will

:21:46. > :21:56.this multiple gold-medal winning European diver B on the podium? --

:21:57. > :22:06.be standing. Sascha Klein is behind Shleikher with two to go. Viktor

:22:07. > :22:13.Minibaev is the only person now, probably, who can usurp Tom Daley

:22:14. > :22:18.but this will have to be out the top drawer. Tom Daley has a different

:22:19. > :22:23.dive to finish. We have seen a succession of these, back two and a

:22:24. > :22:25.half somersaults, two and a half twist. Can the Russian do something

:22:26. > :22:39.miraculous? Well, faltering at the last minute,

:22:40. > :22:46.but I think that will still be good enough to take out his team-mate. He

:22:47. > :22:50.is looking for more than 480 to secure a medal but that could have

:22:51. > :22:55.changed things at the close. The pressure will be on Tom Daley but it

:22:56. > :23:03.won't be that much. Tom is a country mile ahead. He just needs to land on

:23:04. > :23:13.his head. By then a 24 is a huge score. -- 500 24.

:23:14. > :23:26.-- 524. As Leon said, Tom Daley just needs to land on his head. It

:23:27. > :23:30.doesn't even have to be that great, just make sure all the component

:23:31. > :23:38.parts are done and walk away with another gold medal. Back three and a

:23:39. > :23:45.half somersaults with pike. This is just for the crowd. Supreme diving

:23:46. > :23:53.from Tom Daley! This might as well get ten. It is his favourite dive,

:23:54. > :23:59.right at the end of his list and he has given everybody a masterclass.

:24:00. > :24:10.He will get a huge score. Consistent all the way through. China, they

:24:11. > :24:26.wear. I don't get my hundred! -- but where -- beware. He has won that by

:24:27. > :24:34.a country mile. 570.5. Viktor Minibaev was 45.9 behind. Tom Daley,

:24:35. > :24:45.Viktor Minibaev and the did Shleikher. -- Nikita Shleikher.

:24:46. > :24:54.Matty Lee did very well, only 15 points short of a medal in the end.

:24:55. > :25:10.There was no touching Tom Daley, he got everything right. 83, 97, 98,

:25:11. > :25:15.96, 96 and 99. He never went below 83.2 at any stage. All of the others

:25:16. > :25:25.were in the 90s. That is Chinese diving. 570.5. If he does that in

:25:26. > :25:32.Rio, it is a medal for sure. Top drawer diving by Tom Daley. Minibaev

:25:33. > :25:42.was the only other man to go over 500. What a competition that was,

:25:43. > :25:49.our high-class competition at the top end. This man was unassailable.

:25:50. > :25:55.He was not always leading but he did when it mattered, at the back end of

:25:56. > :26:00.the programme. It was all about Tom Daley. When he is on, he is really

:26:01. > :26:06.on and in front of his own crowd he was. Matty Lee was as well for the

:26:07. > :26:10.most part: he just dropped one dive which cost him the chance of a

:26:11. > :26:16.medal. But he would have taken fifth place at the beginning of the day.

:26:17. > :26:29.Tom is absolutely thrilled. That is Tom Daley with gold, Viktor

:26:30. > :26:36.Minibaev in second place and third was Nikita Shleikher. Excellent

:26:37. > :26:40.stuff from Daley and now we look forward to seeing what he can do at

:26:41. > :26:45.the Olympic Games in August. He will be up against some of the same

:26:46. > :26:52.names, Minibaev and Shleikher and Klein and hopefully Matty Lee as

:26:53. > :26:54.well. And the Chinese as well, when we get to August. But it is all

:26:55. > :26:57.about Tom Daley and gold we get to August. But it is all

:26:58. > :27:08.metre in London. Huge congratulations to Tom Daley,

:27:09. > :27:15.it was a bit of a battle, him and Minibaev went toe to toe. How much

:27:16. > :27:20.fun was it? Watching Tom doing what he does best. You were asking

:27:21. > :27:25.fun was it? Watching Tom doing what about his form. That is the answer.

:27:26. > :27:32.fun was it? Watching Tom doing what 570 is a corking score. The Chinese,

:27:33. > :27:37.as I said, will be watching. That kind of score will put pressure on

:27:38. > :27:41.them. You said he looked nervous early on, the second round he

:27:42. > :27:46.wasn't. Put into context for us how difficult it is. This is the one he

:27:47. > :27:49.made a mess in the preliminary because it is so technically

:27:50. > :27:55.difficult. He is the only person in the world that does this. This

:27:56. > :27:57.replaced the twist that he had difficulty with. I have seen him do

:27:58. > :27:59.it in training but difficulty with. I have seen him do

:28:00. > :28:03.competition has it been that good. difficulty with. I have seen him do

:28:04. > :28:08.This was Tom Daley at his very best and good that he is at his best in

:28:09. > :28:14.Olympic year. Bob mentioned the Chinese several times. Can you take

:28:15. > :28:20.a lot of confidence from this? What will he be thinking of going into

:28:21. > :28:24.that? There is still a long wait until the Olympics, nine weeks of

:28:25. > :28:29.training. He needs to let this calm down a bit and then work on those

:28:30. > :28:33.technical things continuously. We are always a work in progress, there

:28:34. > :28:39.are always things to be tweeting and it was a world-class performance,

:28:40. > :28:44.head and shoulders above the rest. The crowd loved that final dive. A

:28:45. > :28:50.lot of people came down to see him, at household name. It was marginally

:28:51. > :28:55.short vertical so not quite a ten! But it was a celebration of a great

:28:56. > :29:02.diver in front of his home crowd in his home pool. A delight to

:29:03. > :29:10.commentate on. I am sure we will be hearing from him soon. We can hear

:29:11. > :29:13.from him now. What a phenomenal performance, how much did you want

:29:14. > :29:17.to put it on for the home crowd? Going into this I was really

:29:18. > :29:23.excited. I have had a few injuries and I am finally feeling back to

:29:24. > :29:28.being me. I have been training well and I wanted to be able to dive at

:29:29. > :29:32.my best. It was lovely to get the gold but it was about being in the

:29:33. > :29:36.right place at the right time and right now I am in the perfect

:29:37. > :29:41.position going to the Olympics. I'm excited for the next one now, bring

:29:42. > :29:47.it on. I'm ready for anything, I can't actually believe I have won.

:29:48. > :29:51.Viktor Minibaev has been a tough competitor all year in the World

:29:52. > :29:55.Series, he beat me in Beijing. We always have that rivalry and I'm

:29:56. > :30:00.glad I came out on top. It was bronze in the last Olympics here.

:30:01. > :30:09.What you have achieved today and that performance, can you better it

:30:10. > :30:17.in Rio? 570 with a few guys I can do better, that is a medal performance.

:30:18. > :30:22.I scored 555 in London. I am around those scores now and I feel I can be

:30:23. > :30:26.better than that. In Rio, anything can happen, it is an outdoor pool

:30:27. > :30:32.and that is exciting as well. Congratulations and good luck in

:30:33. > :30:36.Rio. Definitely congratulations for Tom Daley, gold in the European

:30:37. > :30:41.Championships. We will talk more about Matty Lee later. It has been a

:30:42. > :30:45.very busy week for the British divers. Become division kicked off

:30:46. > :30:50.on Monday and we have had medal is all week, plenty to celebrate. We're

:30:51. > :30:56.going to talk about the first day of competition. George Ward and Matty

:30:57. > :31:02.Lee took bronze on the opening night. Plenty of people in action

:31:03. > :31:11.and plenty of names you might recognise. George award and Matty

:31:12. > :31:16.Lee, a bronze on the opening night of competition. We can relive that

:31:17. > :31:24.team event. It is not one you see a lot. George award first up, talk us

:31:25. > :31:30.through this. It is male and female, you go one at a time. Both need to

:31:31. > :31:35.use the three metre and ten metre. Normally you get specialist. You had

:31:36. > :31:42.to spread your expertise. Matty Lee on the ten metre, they were just

:31:43. > :31:44.really close and the open up other bronze medal on the first night was

:31:45. > :31:54.a stunning. Great to see Matty Lee get on the

:31:55. > :31:58.podium earlier this week. Didn't quite manage it this afternoon but

:31:59. > :32:08.he was so close, plenty of promise from him. Let's turn our attention

:32:09. > :32:15.to the women's sink -- synchro platform. A missed time to

:32:16. > :32:20.to the women's sink -- synchro meant that they finished outside the

:32:21. > :32:30.podium position and it was Germany who took bronze. Here is Lois with

:32:31. > :32:36.Nick. It's a bit annoying but hopefully we can learn from it and

:32:37. > :32:40.get stronger. Part of me hate that we put that on television but part

:32:41. > :32:45.of me knows that we needed to do it to prove how hard this sport is.

:32:46. > :32:49.Sure, they were leading going into this final round and all it takes is

:32:50. > :32:53.one error. In some way it's better to fail spectacularly at the

:32:54. > :32:59.Europeans, because going into the Olympic Games, that's where you want

:33:00. > :33:04.to get it right. She said she wanted to learn from this, what sets you

:33:05. > :33:07.back makes you stronger and it's a very difficult competition. There's

:33:08. > :33:16.a lot of competition for those girls's platform places. Difficult

:33:17. > :33:20.job for Lois. When you're in a synchro partnership, you're doing

:33:21. > :33:24.your best and your partner is doing their best, there is no blame

:33:25. > :33:37.culture. It's not like, I'm going to sack you can get someone else in.

:33:38. > :33:46.We saw Taina there. She is incredible, I love that lady. A

:33:47. > :33:56.pairing we don't see very often, Grace Reid and Tom Daley in the

:33:57. > :34:02.three metre springboard synchro, it's not an Olympic event yet. It's

:34:03. > :34:05.good. I was holding my breath. Right on the edge of the diving board but

:34:06. > :34:10.he had enough experience and composer. He is all over the shop on

:34:11. > :34:22.the herbal step. Good work, 68 points, straight into the lead. Yes!

:34:23. > :34:34.Nice diving. Wonderful synchronisation. Marvellous

:34:35. > :34:45.execution to boot. Now, the British pair... Fabulous speed. They should

:34:46. > :34:55.get 8.5s, nines. 76.26, from grace and Tom. Incredible finish from

:34:56. > :34:58.Daley and Reid. They have thrown down the gauntlet to the Italians

:34:59. > :35:03.and the Russians. Their work is done. Trying to challenge the Brits

:35:04. > :35:12.for the gold. No, that won't be good enough for

:35:13. > :35:17.the gold but it will definitely be good enough for a medal. There you

:35:18. > :35:26.go. They will wait and see whether that is good enough for the silver.

:35:27. > :35:33.This is the only pair that can overtake Reid and Daley and get to

:35:34. > :35:40.first. No, they are miles apart, distance wise, on the diving boards.

:35:41. > :35:44.There you are, is it Tom Daley, is Grace Reid?

:35:45. > :35:52.CHEERING Let the roars rip. Where has that

:35:53. > :35:57.come from? You knew you could do it, Tom Daley. Reid and Daley winning it

:35:58. > :36:07.at a cancer in the end, by 13 points over cack not and Verzotto. -- over

:36:08. > :36:11.Cagnotto. They've only trained together a handful of times. From a

:36:12. > :36:14.golden pairing to the golden boy of diving at the moment, let's look at

:36:15. > :36:31.Jack in the three metre individual. This is the dive for Jack Laugher.

:36:32. > :36:43.He needs to get this on song. Three metre dive which earned him 83 this

:36:44. > :36:46.morning. Yes! Phenomenal dive. He turned up in great numbers. He is

:36:47. > :37:04.half a mark behind... Forward three and a half somersaults

:37:05. > :37:12.with tuck. It's good! It's not sensational, as I hoped it would be.

:37:13. > :37:15.Taking off a little bit back from the end, makes it difficult. And it

:37:16. > :37:32.is down to the final dive. Forward 4.5 again. He had problems

:37:33. > :37:48.with this this morning. Oh! He got an absolute beauty. That life was

:37:49. > :37:56.absolutely tremendous. -- that dive. 100 on the money. What a dive. Jack

:37:57. > :38:01.has some work to do, hasn't he? Gold is out of reach now, because of the

:38:02. > :38:07.degree of difficulty. Back three and a half somersaults with tuck.

:38:08. > :38:19.Oh! It's a good dive. That will be good enough for the silver.

:38:20. > :38:19.Oh! It's a good dive. That will be errors in his programme. Jack will

:38:20. > :38:26.be very cross, he's a errors in his programme. Jack will

:38:27. > :38:35.but he could have been crowned European champion today. Two

:38:36. > :38:45.mistakes isn't going to cut it. 24 points

:38:46. > :38:50.advantage for Evgeni Kuznetzov. Jack did not look very happy with that

:38:51. > :38:59.silver, how will he feel about it? I think Jack has had a bit of a

:39:00. > :39:02.mixed bag this year so far. Last year he was really rocking it on all

:39:03. > :39:07.the World Series but this year he has been a bit hit and miss. He's

:39:08. > :39:11.been injured, hasn't he? Yet, of course, but divers are always

:39:12. > :39:14.injured, it's the nature of the sport. I'm not going to say there's

:39:15. > :39:19.something going on because of that. In the final he made a mistake on a

:39:20. > :39:25.dive that we did not see there, that meant it was an repairable from

:39:26. > :39:34.that. When he gets the it all right, he's difficult to beat. He was 27th

:39:35. > :39:37.in the men's three metre in 2012. Of course he is now proven himself time

:39:38. > :39:43.and time again and I think he's going to come good this summer.

:39:44. > :39:48.Plenty to celebrate this time around in the summer. We've just seen

:39:49. > :39:52.George, with the union Jack around her shoulders. She is celebrating

:39:53. > :40:04.committees certainly allowed. Let's take you back to the men's ten metre

:40:05. > :40:09.synchro, with Tom Daley and Goodfellow. In order to keep up with

:40:10. > :40:34.the Germans, this needs to be good. Yes! Yes, exceptional! Well done.

:40:35. > :40:40.Good work, boys. 91.8, that puts them marginally in front. Great

:40:41. > :40:44.Britain, Germany, Ukraine. Look at the margin, hardly any margin, is

:40:45. > :40:55.there. 0.84 of a point between first and second. Yes! It's good enough.

:40:56. > :41:03.It's good enough, there is a massively glaring error with the

:41:04. > :41:13.distance from the diving board. Tom gets eights, the synchronisation is

:41:14. > :41:19.7.5s, good enough for the lead. They will need something special to put

:41:20. > :41:23.pressure on Daley and Goodfellow. Second-place at the moment, back to

:41:24. > :41:30.Andujar of somersaults, two and a half twists. It's a good, good dive

:41:31. > :41:35.to finish on. Well, the Germans have thrown down their best effort.

:41:36. > :41:40.They're going to get a handful of eights across execution and

:41:41. > :41:51.synchronisation. There you go. 445 to beat, that's a good score. 445 is

:41:52. > :42:03.what they need. 85 will do it. Got to be 8.5s, nines probably, to make

:42:04. > :42:07.sure they get there. Oh! Tom's dive was superb, Danny just let his go

:42:08. > :42:13.over a bit. I think that's good enough for the gold. This is going

:42:14. > :42:21.to be so close. Well, some people are cheering. Who's cheering? The

:42:22. > :42:27.Germans are cheering, because 83.16 means that they finish less than a

:42:28. > :42:31.point behind Germany. Silver medals for Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow.

:42:32. > :42:36.How unusual is it, because they are paired but they don't train

:42:37. > :42:39.together, how common is that? Look, it's not that uncommon. Peter

:42:40. > :42:46.Waterfield and I trained at different ends of the country. Tom,

:42:47. > :42:50.Danny has had injury problems over the years so he has never been at

:42:51. > :42:54.the right point to work with Tom. The matching has been taking place

:42:55. > :43:00.relatively quickly and the pair keep going from strength to strength. The

:43:01. > :43:03.German pair, that was the ninth time they've won that competition. They

:43:04. > :43:08.are a formidable force and they almost got beaten by our boys, just

:43:09. > :43:13.a slight error on their final dive meant that Danny and Tom didn't win

:43:14. > :43:16.the dive. How difficult is it to find the perfect partner? We're

:43:17. > :43:22.talking about millimetres of difference having an effect. In the

:43:23. > :43:25.UK diving is a relatively small sport and to be at that level,

:43:26. > :43:30.there's not that many people to choose from. Hats off to Danny to be

:43:31. > :43:35.able to match Tom. They're certainly in Rio with a better chance. No

:43:36. > :43:39.doubt hear that it is kicking off behind us because we are on the

:43:40. > :43:55.verge of the women's three metre synchro. Rebecca Gallantree and

:43:56. > :44:02.Alicia Blagg going in that one. After 15 minutes you can follow that

:44:03. > :44:05.on the red button. We're off air before that competition finishes and

:44:06. > :44:12.we don't want you to miss a single dive. You can follow that, dive by

:44:13. > :44:15.dive. We've got so much to share with you from earlier in the week in

:44:16. > :44:28.the women's ten metre platform. I reckon it's 46, that's all that

:44:29. > :44:33.Georgia needs. Oh! I think it's going to be just about enough...

:44:34. > :44:40.Well, she's doing it the hard way, George award. It will be enough.

:44:41. > :44:51.She's in first place for the time being. -- Georgia Ward. She should

:44:52. > :45:00.be uncatchable. 3.2 to finish, once again. There you go, that is signed,

:45:01. > :45:10.sealed and delivered. Four times she has won this, this is number five.

:45:11. > :45:19.Well done, 385 is a monster score. Now, 41, if I've got this right,

:45:20. > :45:25.that is what she needs to overtake her team-mate Georgia Ward to get

:45:26. > :45:29.silver. Yes, beautiful dive. That will see her safely win her first

:45:30. > :45:38.European individual medal. It will be silver this time, Tonia

:45:39. > :45:49.comfortably finishing a medal winner. We have a British 2-3, Tonia

:45:50. > :45:53.and Georgia Ward. Well done, girls. I had to focus on myself and not

:45:54. > :45:56.concentrate on what anyone else was doing. I did OK, I scored pretty

:45:57. > :46:00.high today but it's not my best but I'm still really, really pleased.

:46:01. > :46:09.Talk us through the moment when you got the medal.

:46:10. > :46:17.Tonia Couch is having the time of her life. This feels

:46:18. > :46:19.Tonia Couch is having the time of year for her, she has been around

:46:20. > :46:25.since 2003 but it feels like she is coming to her peak. Experience is

:46:26. > :46:29.something that you gain over time and you make it count when you need

:46:30. > :46:32.it and she was able to stand there with all the expectations of the

:46:33. > :46:38.home crowd, she made a mess of her first dive but should it out and

:46:39. > :46:45.composed herself and came back with four excellent dives to finish. She

:46:46. > :46:46.was a bit, it was all right, the last four were great to get her on

:46:47. > :46:59.the podium. George award, -- George training hit since 2014, she trains

:47:00. > :47:09.with Tom Daley. -- Georgia. training hit since 2014, she trains

:47:10. > :47:18.at a European is that nobody would have predicted, coming away with

:47:19. > :47:27.more medals than most. She is a baby faced assassin. And talking of

:47:28. > :47:34.which, Jack Laugher and Chris Mears were going.

:47:35. > :47:42.Come on, boys, let's get it done and put the pressure on. Yes! That is

:47:43. > :47:47.all they can do. I'm looking over my left shoulder, the British team are

:47:48. > :47:55.on their feet and the coaches are smiling. They know that if it, that

:47:56. > :48:03.is all they can do. They are coming to the party.

:48:04. > :48:14.Forward two under par with two twists. Very good. It is going to be

:48:15. > :48:19.high 80s, may be just over 90 which would lead it short for what they

:48:20. > :48:25.need for gold but it would put pressure on the Russians. Second at

:48:26. > :48:30.best for Ukraine. Zakharov and Kuznetsov need a massive score on

:48:31. > :48:36.this forward four and a half last dive of the competition. Very good

:48:37. > :48:44.but not good enough for gold. This is a fight for silver. GB gold

:48:45. > :48:48.without a shadow of a doubt. That is very impressive and we'll get them

:48:49. > :48:52.in second place. But in the end there was 12 points between first

:48:53. > :49:03.and second. Did lowering my tone because we have

:49:04. > :49:09.lived diving going on -- I'm just lowering. Cynical beagle might say

:49:10. > :49:14.this is not a World Championships so how significant is the gold but it's

:49:15. > :49:18.not about that it is about the quality of the diving. The Russian

:49:19. > :49:21.silver medallists were silver medallist from the World

:49:22. > :49:26.Championship last year where Jack and Chris took bronze so they have

:49:27. > :49:33.leapfrogged them. It is only the Chinese do not here. The quality,

:49:34. > :49:36.11th point PB and they were rocking and rolling from start to finish.

:49:37. > :49:41.That is what you need if you are going to be on the podium, that

:49:42. > :49:46.consistency which we are seeing from them now. How confident will they be

:49:47. > :49:50.in an Olympic year? They will be confident, you can't come off the

:49:51. > :49:56.back of medals in the World Series and a bronze in the World

:49:57. > :50:00.Championships and a European gold so there is still a way to go. They

:50:01. > :50:03.have got to earn it in Rio but they are more than capable. A lot of

:50:04. > :50:07.people make a lot of their friendship, they lived together, a

:50:08. > :50:15.lot of fun, so how important is that? When you are standing in the

:50:16. > :50:25.spotlight, in the lavatorial arena of the Olympic Games, you want to be

:50:26. > :50:33.standing next to someone you like -- gladiatorial arena.

:50:34. > :50:38.There are no guarantees and they have to keep working hard which is

:50:39. > :50:43.what they have been doing. They have been working on their programme and

:50:44. > :50:46.they have the potential. Let's look at yesterday when it was the ladies

:50:47. > :50:52.on the three metre individual springboard.

:50:53. > :51:04.Cheers ringing out for Grace Reid. Top three is in range but this has

:51:05. > :51:11.to be beautifully executed. Forward to run a half, one twist, 3.0, one

:51:12. > :51:20.more time for Grace Reid. And it is beautifully executed! Well done.

:51:21. > :51:24.Saving her best dive until last. The equal highest degree of difficulty,

:51:25. > :51:28.she was in fourth place going into this and this will put a lot of

:51:29. > :51:36.pressure on the athletes still to come including Rebecca Gallantree.

:51:37. > :51:43.Well done, Grace. This will put her firmly in the lead. Although the

:51:44. > :51:52.gold medal for Tom Daley. Can she win another medal? Gold for Italy

:51:53. > :51:54.and Tania Cagnotto. Uschi Freitag in second, Grace Reid just edging out

:51:55. > :52:04.Rebecca Gallantree for bronze. A huge achievement from Grace Reid.

:52:05. > :52:10.She is very elegant. She seems to be coming into her own this year so has

:52:11. > :52:14.anything changed? She is a younger athlete and when you make that

:52:15. > :52:21.transition from at excellent junior, she had a great Commonwealth Games

:52:22. > :52:26.in Edinburgh, where the diving was. We remember her big smile, she

:52:27. > :52:29.started to mix it up and two years later she is making those

:52:30. > :52:35.incremental changes and improvements and getting more consistent. A

:52:36. > :52:38.belated happy birthday to her, she can celebrate now but she is at

:52:39. > :52:44.university as well, working hard and it's paying off. This was the dive

:52:45. > :52:51.from Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree. This was a couple of

:52:52. > :52:57.moments ago. If you want to see this live, you can do so online. And it

:52:58. > :53:03.will continue in 15 minutes on the red button. What did you make of

:53:04. > :53:08.this? We refer to Rebecca as a veteran which seems a bit unfair.

:53:09. > :53:15.She is in her prime. It is a good opening round dive. Rebecca throwing

:53:16. > :53:21.up a bit too much splash but they work tirelessly together.

:53:22. > :53:25.up a bit too much splash but they pressure and on them. So many medals

:53:26. > :53:30.for British diving, they have to keep their composure. Chances are

:53:31. > :53:35.the medal? We have so many, of course there is a chance. I'm

:53:36. > :53:40.watching to see how everybody else is doing but these first rounds,

:53:41. > :53:46.nothing to choose from. It is medals left, right and centre this week.

:53:47. > :53:54.Yesterday we had the mixed ten metre synchro. Matty Lee and Georgia Ward

:53:55. > :53:59.took silver so by the end of yesterday the medal tally was nine

:54:00. > :54:03.and with Tom's, that takes us up to ten all stop the same pair took

:54:04. > :54:08.bronze on the opening night of competition as well. A great

:54:09. > :54:18.competition for Georgia Ward, she is having the time of her life! And so

:54:19. > :54:22.she should be. And I'm delighted to say that a lot of our divers are

:54:23. > :54:27.with us now with their medals. Georgia, we have to come to you

:54:28. > :54:33.first, three medals, you must be buzzing. It was so much fun it here

:54:34. > :54:39.at my home pool and it is crazy coming away with three medals. Why

:54:40. > :54:41.is it working so well this year? I think my bond with Jane and Tom and

:54:42. > :54:43.Emily who I train with, think my bond with Jane and Tom and

:54:44. > :54:48.and it makes it worth think my bond with Jane and Tom and

:54:49. > :54:55.competitions. Jack and Chris, the jokers

:54:56. > :54:59.competitions. Jack and Chris, the that fair? It is definitely fair, it

:55:00. > :55:03.is the hardest dives currently being performed, we the first people to do

:55:04. > :55:09.it in synchro which is a massive achievement for us to do it well in

:55:10. > :55:11.front of the home crowd was. It is risky, aren't you nervous coming in

:55:12. > :55:17.with something that difficult? I think so, but we had time to train

:55:18. > :55:22.it in the World Series and compete it and we figured out what was

:55:23. > :55:26.working and what wasn't and we used that to our advantage. What is

:55:27. > :55:33.possible for Rio? The Chinese in your sites? Of course, our score

:55:34. > :55:41.yesterday it was massive. 11 points bigger than our PB. That bodes well

:55:42. > :55:44.for us. After a performance like that we are really excited but we

:55:45. > :55:50.have a lot of training, nine weeks at home to consolidate, and the

:55:51. > :55:56.mistakes we made, I think we can still do better. But the Chinese are

:55:57. > :55:58.in sight. What about you, Tonia, you have come so close so many times and

:55:59. > :56:04.achieved a lot but in an have come so close so many times and

:56:05. > :56:07.year, how confident are you Latin I have been close so

:56:08. > :56:08.year, how confident are you Latin I almost got a gold last month at the

:56:09. > :56:12.World Series. I almost got a gold last month at the

:56:13. > :56:16.with silver but hopefully at the Olympics I will get it. It has been

:56:17. > :56:21.with silver but hopefully at the a great year so far. We have nine

:56:22. > :56:25.more weeks of training. And in your event especially, the individual ten

:56:26. > :56:30.metre, we have some British girls who are very good so it is

:56:31. > :56:33.competitive even within the squad. Definitely, we have some amazing

:56:34. > :56:37.girls all over the world and especially in Great Britain. It is

:56:38. > :56:41.not over yet! We have to go back and train hard like everybody does, we

:56:42. > :56:44.will come in and work hard as a team and bring it. Scotland's first

:56:45. > :56:50.individual medal at the European and bring it. Scotland's first

:56:51. > :56:57.Championships for six decades! You might be knighted! I had no idea. I

:56:58. > :57:02.just wanted to do myself proud and I got a PB and somehow two medals.

:57:03. > :57:07.Dan, your partnership with Tom was a bit shaky at the beginning but now

:57:08. > :57:11.things are falling into place. We did our first competition at the

:57:12. > :57:15.nationals and it wasn't great but we got a bronze at the World Cup and in

:57:16. > :57:19.the World Series we were progressing nicely. Our scores seem to be

:57:20. > :57:24.getting better. We had a good performance here, we were gutted at

:57:25. > :57:28.the end not to get gold, only one point in it. But it was good for us

:57:29. > :57:34.because we can train even harder for the Olympics. I do think you need to

:57:35. > :57:38.be disappointed, it has been a good week all round, congratulations. I

:57:39. > :57:43.know you are straight back in the pool and we will celebrate for you!

:57:44. > :57:47.But you have more work to do! You can see what is happening on the red

:57:48. > :57:52.button and of course there is plenty more to come from the aquatic Centre

:57:53. > :57:56.this week. That was me talking to the guys a bit earlier because they

:57:57. > :58:01.have busy training schedules. What a great team, read it to themselves

:58:02. > :58:07.and their families and coaches. And plenty to celebrate. Great Britain

:58:08. > :58:12.is on top of the medal table at the end of the European Championships

:58:13. > :58:15.with one competition still going on, Rebecca Gallantree and Alicia Blagg

:58:16. > :58:21.are in action and you can see that on the red button. So far, so good.

:58:22. > :58:28.Three gold medals, four silvers and three bronzes. A lot more action

:58:29. > :58:33.this week. Tomorrow from 6pm you can see James Guy, Hannah Miley, Adam

:58:34. > :58:37.Peaty and a couple of relays. And if you want to join as for live

:58:38. > :58:45.coverage, you can do so on Monday to Thursday on the red button from 6pm.

:58:46. > :58:50.We on BBC Two from 6:30pm. And on Saturday and Sunday we are on BBC

:58:51. > :58:57.Two from 4pm until 6pm so hopefully we will see you then. Thank you for

:58:58. > :59:04.your company this afternoon. One week down, one week to go and it has

:59:05. > :59:08.been pretty good so far. Bye bye. What

:59:09. > :59:21.Yes! Incredible finish from Tom Daley. A phenomenal dive! The

:59:22. > :59:28.British team are on their feet, the coaches are smiling. Supreme diving

:59:29. > :59:32.from Tom Daley! China look out!