Anthony Harding Helsinki

Harding secures bronze in close contest

28 Jun 2018

Leeds Diver Anthony Harding has added another medal to Britain's total at the European  Junior Championships in Helsinki.

Harding picked up a bronze in the 1m A Boys event, just three days before his 18th birthday.

In a closely contested event just 3.75 points between the three medal places. With Spain's Matthew Wade Garcia picked up the gold on 476.65, with his team mate Adrian Abadia Garcia on 475.95 and Harding on 472.90.

 Oliver Crompton finished in seventh on 422.15.

Emily Martin and Phoebe Banks also scored a bronze in the A-B platform synchro competition, again with a narrow margin of just 9.87 between first and third place. They finished on 232.89, with Valeriia Belova and Anna Chuinyshena of Russia in gold medal position with 242.76, and Italian pairing Maia Biginelli and Elettra Neroni in 235.50.

Earlier in the session both were in action in the individual event with Martin finishing fifth, after a season best performance in qualifiers, and Banks was sixth.