Tag: Kiev 2017

Auffret takes platform crown to France for the first time in history Kiev (LEN) – What a finish: just as they had started on the first competition day, the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev also ended with a French triumph. Showing a great performance honoured by the judges with high scores and a total…

What a difference 0.75 points can make Kiev (LEN) – It could hardly be more exciting. Only 0.75 points decided between gold and silver in the men’s 3m synchro event at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev on the penultimate competition day. With a world-class performance and 427.71 points to their credit Russia’s Evgenii…

Perfect “dress rehearsal” for Zakharov Kiev (LEN) – Ilia Zakharov is back on the top. While the Russian kept local heroes Illya Kvasha and Oleg Kolodyi at bay in the 3m final, he also held a perfect dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Championships next month in Budapest. After the 2012 Olympic champion had missed…

Host Ukraine takes lead in the medal table – Historical first medal for Switzerland Kiev (LEN) – “Hopp Schwyz”, Michelle Heimberg caused the sensation on the fourth competition day in Kiev winning a “historical silver” in the 3m springboard and the first ever medal for Switzerland in the history of European Diving Championships. After five…

Kvasha sends the locals to seventh heaven Kiev (LEN) – A seventh European title for Illya Kvasha on 1m, seventh heaven for the local fans. This is the balance after host Ukraine got the first gold at the 2017 European Diving Championships. Kvasha finished atop in his “living room”, at the Sport Centre LIKO as…

A day of surprises Great Britain’s Lois Toulson stunned many by winning the women’s platform title and few would have guessed that the Italian pair of Elena Bertocchi and Maicol Verzotto would claim the gold medal in the mixed 3m synchro.