Commonwealth Games: Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow win diving gold for England
Written by News on 13/04/2018
Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow won gold for England in the men’s synchronised 10 metres platform at the Commonwealth Games.
Daley has withdrawn from Saturday’s individual event and a bid for a third straight Commonwealth gold due to a hip injury which clearly hampered him here – yet he and Goodfellow still triumphed.
The pair, who won bronze at the 2012 Olympics, scored 405.81 points to take gold ahead of England team-mates Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams, who scored 399.99.
“Two days ago, I was not sure if I was going to be able to compete with my hip,” said Daley. “I was nearly pulled out of the competition for safety reasons.
“You can’t go up on 10m with a hip that doesn’t really function all that well.
“That’s why this medal means so much because I really put everything into that synchro competition to get to the start line.”
Meanwhile, Katarina Johnson-Thompson is on the brink of heptathlon gold for England.
The 25-year-old leads by 174 points with just the 800m remaining at the Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium.
She won the long jump on Friday morning before throwing 40.46m in the javelin and will be expected to wrap up the title in the final event.
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