Men’s Synchronised 3m springboard

Gold: Russia – 431.16 points
Evgenii Kuznetsov:
“It is a bit surprising. Not all our dives were perfect. We made hardly a mistake in practice, but unfortunately we were not able to show our very best in the competition. Nevertheless, the gold is the gold.”

Ilia Zakharov:
“I am very happy today indeed, because it was exciting until the very last dive and there was a lot of tension. Not everything worked perfectly, but fate was with us today. We were also a bit lucky to dive before Jack and Chris, so that put pressure on them.”

Silver: Great Britain – 430.62 points
Jack Laugher:
“Our dives in the middle of the race were great, we led after three rounds. We just missed the gold with half point, it’s not a shame, we can’t be sad with this. Chris and I, we both had injuries, now we keep working on and we have a good base for the coming years and for the Olympics. I have two golds and one silver from this championship, which is absolutely great, I’m very tired now, but it’s a high point in my career. We have quite a lot to learn from these championships.”

Christopher Mears:
“I had to be calm during the competition in front of these British fans and supporters. It was a big fight, sometimes the Russians win, sometimes we win, that’s sport. They dived before us and put the pressure on. I didn’t get my last dive but I really enjoyed the crowd and the environment. ”

Bronze: Germany – 394.77 points
Patrick Hausding:
“I had and have many injuries, mostly with my left leg, it’s very stressful, I can not push enough strength to the springboard, my individual competitions were devastating. I’m very happy with the bronze, with a new partner, Lars, since the first two places were ‘engaged’ by the Olympic and the world champions.”

Lars Rüdiger:
“This is my first big event and obviously my first medal so I’m very happy. I was a bit nervous during the competition, but I didn’t follow the rivals’ points, I only focused on myself and our dives. The bronze medal is the maximum we achieved, everybody knew that there will be a Russian-British fight for the first place.”

Women’s 1m Springboard

Gold: Mariia Poliakova (Russia) 285.55 – points
“I didn’t think of a medal before, just to try to do my best. It’s quite unexpected to me, since it’s my first big event, my first European championship. I moved to Los Angeles when I was seventeen, I tried a new way, so I’m very happy now.”

Silver: Nadhezda Bazhina (Russia) – 276.00 points
“This event is my favourite, but I somehow never can win it. This is probably a motivation for me not to stop but to continue to work. I really like this event and I think it is spectacular. I am a bit upset, because it is my dream to win the 1 meter.”
About receiving the LEN Award (Female diver of the year of 2017):
“I knew for a long time that I have been named best female diver of the year 2017, but I did not expect to get a trophy here. It is a nice souvenir.”

Bronze: Elena Bertocchi (Italy) 271.25 points
“It is an unexpected medal for me, though I won this event last year in Kyiv, but yesterday I suffered an injury, so there was no goal for today, just to compete, and try to make the dives as I can. I’m very happy after this, a medal is a medal.”

Gergely Csurka
LEN Media Manager