England divers’ golden moments

JACK Laugher was full of praise after he sealed his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games, winning the men’s synchronised three-metre springboard event alongside partner Anthony Harding.

In what is a relatively new partnership, they topped the leaderboard in yesterday’s event with 438.33, winning by 61.56 points. For Harding, 22, this ws his first medal and he said: “Over the moon with it, I mean I did a pretty okay performance, I could’ve done a little better, I know Jack’s maybe a little disappointed, but I’ve just worked so hard.”

Laugher came into the competition having won it at Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018 alongside partner Chris Mears. He also won gold in

Thursday’s one-metre individual springboard event and has a chance to add a third in today’s three-metre individual springboard. Laugher said: “Anthony’s done a great job and it was a massive ask to come out here in his first Commonwealth Games in front of a big crowd and to perform that consistently and that solidly, so it’s a really, really good performance.”

On Thursday Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, right, 17-year-old daughter of Fred Sirieix the maitre d’ on Channel 4’s First Dates, won the gold medal in the women’s 10-metre platform final. She will return to the pool today in the women’s synchronised 10m platform event alongside Eden Cheng.

George Miller, 75, became the oldest Commonwealth Games gold medallist in history as Scotland beat Wales in the the B2/B3 mixed pairs bowls final. Miller is director for visually impaired bowler Melanie Innes who, along with Robert Barr and his director Sarah Jane Ewing, beat Wales 16-9.

Miller takes the crown for oldest gold medallist from compatriot Rosemary Lenton, 72, who won the women’s Para pairs title on Wednesday.