Laugher misses out as China win diving gold again

Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden missed retired connected medals successful nan 3m springboard last arsenic China continued their power of nan diving events successful Paris.

Laugher, a metallic and bronze badge victor successful this arena astatine erstwhile Olympics, vanished seventh and chap Yorkshireman Houlden was fifth.

Defending champion Xie Siyi and world champion Wang Zongyuan took golden and metallic respectively for China pinch Mexico's Osmar Olvera earning bronze.

Chinese divers person won each six golds connected connection truthful acold successful diving, pinch 2 events - Friday's women's 3m springboard and nan men's 10m level connected Saturday - to come.

Laugher, 29, took bronze pinch Anthony Harding successful nan 3m synchronised arena and was seeking to adhd to his 4 Olympic medals, having qualified pinch nan third-best score.

But his situation was efficaciously ended by a correction connected his 3rd dive erstwhile a important over-rotation resulted successful a ample splash, pinch team-mates' heads successful hands successful nan stands.

The dive scored conscionable 35.70 points and Laugher dropped from 4th to eighth.

Houlden was coagulated passim but did not frighten nan badge places, finishing 72.65 points down Olvera.

Olvera was different 29.80 points down second-placed Wang, pinch Xie producing a ultimate capacity to go a astonishment winner.

Since winning nan title successful Tokyo nan 28-year-old had taken a two-year break, completed a Masters grade and turned to coaching.

In Xie's absence, Tokyo 2020 metallic medallist Wang had won nan past 3 world titles.

China will again beryllium beardown favourites for golden successful Friday's women's final, which originates astatine 14:00 BST, but Great Britain again person 2 entrants aft Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid came done nan semi-finals.

Noah Williams, a 10m level synchronised metallic medallist pinch Tom Daley, originates his individual run connected Friday greeting successful nan preliminary rounds from 09:00 BST.