Reid shines with fourth in Budapest

Edinburgh Diving Club’s Grace Reid finished fourth with a superb performance in the 3m individual at the World Championships.

In the same event at the Rio Olympics last year, she posted 318.60 points to finish eighth, but did even better in Budapest.

The 21-year-old scored 63.00 points with her first dive then put in a cracking second dive of 68.20 to sit sixth. A solid 66.00 in her third dive put Reid in fifth on 197.20 and in contention for a podium finish. Her fourth dive brought 67.50 points, but her competitors stepped things up at that stage. Reid was still fifth heading into the final round, though, and she saved the best until last, 72.00 points seeing her post a brilliant total of 336.70.

Shi Tingmao of China (383.50) won gold, her team mate Wang Han (359.40) was second and Jennifer Abel of Canada (351.55) was third.