Jack Laugher wins second diving gold alongside Anthony Harding

Action within the morning session on the wrestling on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was interrupted for nearly two hours after a speaker cowl fell from the roof on the Coventry Arena.

The incident occurred half an hour into the session which started at 10.30am on Friday morning, a spokesperson for Birmingham 2022 informed the PA information company.

No one was injured by the duvet, however play was stopped and spectators have been moved out of the viewing space for security functions whereas workers performed checks on the opposite audio system fastened into the roof.

The motion resumed at 12.45pm and it’s not anticipated that the delays to the morning session could have any affect on the night schedule, which is because of begin at 5pm.

Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding turned their consideration to the long run after their partnership kicked off with a dominant gold within the 3m springboard synchro. Paris 2024, anybody?

“I’ve been doing this for a long time and having someone new on the scene, raring to go, I think it’s really good and I think the synchro partnership is obviously great and we’ve done some amazing performances this year and I just can’t wait for the future,” Laugher informed the BBC.

Harding added: “It means everything but this is only the start. This is only our second international. A pretty good score but a PB in the Worlds so I’m hoping we can do better things.”

Jack Laugher revealed he “couldn’t sleep” as a result of pleasure of his 1m springboard gold the earlier night time on the Commonwealth Games.

He informed the BBC: “I had a really bad night’s sleep last night so I’m not feeling myself today. To say that I had a couple of hours sleep and then to go out there and perform some of the hardest dives in the world alongside a great syncro partner was obviously pretty good.

“I just couldn’t sleep. I ate really late last night and I think obviously the excitement and the buzz around doing so well on the 1m made it difficult to get to sleep and you get in that cycle of ‘I need to sleep because I’m up early in the morning’. Hopefully I’ll be able to sleep better tonight for the 3m tomorrow.”

Jack Laugher, reacting to his and Anthony Harding’s dominant victory within the 3m synchro ultimate to the BBC: “Obviously two golds is amazing. I think what me and Tony wanted to take from this was that we wanted to get another good performance under our belt. Certainly Tony achieved that. I’ve still got some things to improve on.”

Harding: “This is my second international in like two or three years. The 3m men’s in Great Britain is so hard, it’s so tough to get in the big stage and I’ve worked so hard.

“I’ve had to be patient, I’ve had to wait for it, really. It’s thanks to Jack for seeing me in training, seeing how good I can be and trusting in me and believing in me.”

Scotland’s Laura Muir is safely via to the following spherical of the 1500m after opening her bid with a cushty time of 4.14.11 on the Alexander Stadium.

That places Muir fifth total, whereas England’s Katie Snowden and Northern Ireland’s Ciara Mageean additionally completed within the prime 5 of their respective heats.

Jemma Reekie had a little bit of a scare after being overwhelmed to the road however her time ensures she finishes as one of many subsequent quickest qualifiers.

Jack Laugher collected his second gold medal of those Commonwealth Games as he and England teammate Anthony Harding dominated the synchronised 3m springboard ultimate, Lawrence Ostlere stories.

Laugher and Harding have been main after the opening two necessary dives after which motored into the gap with ultimate 4 dives at a a lot increased diploma of issue than the remaining.

The 27-year-old Laugher and 22-year-old Harding are at totally different levels of their profession and Laugher was clearly delighted to see his junior teammate earn a primary world title, having received silver collectively on the World Championships in Budapest earlier this 12 months the place they pushed China exhausting.

Laugher received Olympic gold in Rio alongside Chris Mears six years in the past earlier than Mears retired to give attention to his music profession, and this new partnership is now blossoming. They might be a critical medal menace come the Paris Olympics in two years’ time.

Laugher and Harding put the ending touches on one of the dominant shows on the Commonwealth Games, with a ultimate rating of 80.73 on the Forward 2½ Somersaults 3 Twists taking their complete to an oustanding 438.33 – a full 60 factors forward of second place.

Scotland’s Ross Beattie and James Heatly simply miss out on bronze.

Oh no! Malaysia’s Chew and Ooi have tanked their fifth dive, dropping three locations and out of the medal positions.

It means Laugher and Harding have a 40-point lead heading into their ultimate try. They have obliterated the sphere.

Wow – Laugher and Harding actually up the issue on their subsequent dive, from 2.0 proper as much as 3.4 – however the execution is once more too good!

An enormous rating 87.72 stretches their lead over Chew and Ooi, who additionally upped the issue however to not the identical diploma. They accept 71.10.

A rating of 79.56 of their subsequent time implies that they need to certainly simply keep away from catastrophe of their ultimate two makes an attempt to win the gold. That stated, the issue for these dives in 3.8 and three.9, so it may occur.

The reverse dive is subsequent for Laugher and Harding – close to good synchronisation there they usually break into the 50s because of a 51.60 from the judges.

It edges them forward of Chew and Ooi this time, whereas Scotland’s Ross Beattie and James Heatly have pulled themselves again into it with a powerful second dive and now sit within the medal positions.