World Aquatics Championships: GB’s Izzy Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin win synchronised mixed free bronze

Izzy Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin have won Great Britain’s first medal of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.

They scored 322.0583 points in the synchronised mixed duet free event to win bronze and claim GB’s first ever medal in the event.

It was a tight contest for a podium place, with just 1.7980 points separating first and third.

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

The British duo had the highest difficulty and execution score in the final despite only competing together once before.

Olympic silver medallist Thorpe and rising-star Tomblin won silver in the mixed duet technical event at the European Championships last month.

They have both enjoyed successful seasons as Tomblin became the first British male to win a European artistic swimming title last year, while Thorpe won GB’s first synchronised medal at the Olympics in Paris 2024.