Croydon-born diver wins silver at Commonwealth Games
Croydon-born Kat Torrance won silver in the women’s synchronised 10m platform at the Commonwealth Games – along with partner Alicia Blagg.
Torrance, who competes for City of Leeds Diving Club, won senior Grand Prix bronze in 2014 and a hat-trick of World Junior Championship medals in 2016.
Torrance said: “On the day it’s about who can hold their nerve and stay focussed. It’s important not to think about anyone else and just focus on your job.”
Blagg, from Leeds, added: “It’s kind of a bit surreal because we haven’t really trained together as I’m in Miami and Kat is in Leeds and we haven’t really been expecting anything so to come away with a silver medal is like ‘wow. We’re really happy.”
“We wanted to do well but we didn’t have the expectation so when you win a medal unexpectedly, it’s amazing.
“It’s been a tough few years with injuries and coming back. I’ll focus on the individual now but this is a great way to start the Games and it gives us some confidence going in to our individual events, so for us we are really happy.”
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