Gb's Thorpe & Tomblin Win World Synchronised Bronze

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Torpe and Tomblin person now won 2 medals successful mixed events

Katie Stafford

BBC Sport journalist

Izzy Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin person won Great Britain's first badge of nan World Aquatics Championships successful Singapore.

They scored 322.0583 points successful nan synchronised mixed duet free arena to triumph bronze and declare GB's first ever badge successful nan event.

It was a tight title for a podium place, pinch conscionable 1.7980 points separating first and third.

Spain's Dennis Gonzalez Boneu and Iris Tio won gold, while six-time creator swimming champion Aleksandr Maltsev and partner Olesia Platonova - who are Russian but compete arsenic neutral athletes - took silver.

The British duo had nan highest trouble and execution people successful nan last contempt only competing together erstwhile before.

Olympic metallic medallist Thorpe and rising-star Tomblin won metallic successful nan mixed duet method arena astatine nan European Championships past month.

They person some enjoyed successful seasons arsenic Tomblin became nan first British antheral to triumph a European creator swimming title past year, while Thorpe won GB's first synchronised badge astatine nan Olympics successful Paris 2024.

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