Lois Toulson helped deliver Team England a bit of sporting history with a diving silver at the Commonwealth Games.

Toulson was only thrown together with partner Kyle Kothari a few days ago but they quickly gelled in the mixed synchro platform event at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre.

Team-mates Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Noah Williams, both already gold medallists at the Games, delivered on their hot favourite status but the City of Leeds diver finished well ahead of Australian bronze medallists Cassiel Rosseau and Emily Boyd.

And those podium performances meant Team England's medal haul eclipsed their previous best at the Games, from eight years ago in Glasgow.

"This has been England's most successful diving competition and I'm really honoured to be part of the team,” said Toulson, 22.

"To get the medals that make it the best ever Games for the team is just amazing really.

"Our ambition was the podium but we only found out that we were diving together a few weeks ago. We've known each other for a long time and we both know these dives really well but you've got to put it together as a partnership.

"Kyle is a great champion and he adjusted for me quite a lot."

It's the second time in four days that Toulson has finished second to 17-year-old Spendolini-Sirieix, who ends the Games with two golds and a silver and has established herself as the new face of British diving.

Toulson knows how that feels, she was only 15 when she won gold at the European Games in Baku.

"Andrea works really hard and she's had a fantastic Commonwealth Games," she said.

"It's straight back to work for us all now as the European Championships are coming up."

City of Sheffield divers Jordan Houlden and Yasmin Harper were also thrown together as a last-minute partnership - and finished eighth in the mixed 3m springboard synchro event, won by Scotland's Grace Reid and James Heatly.

"We didn't know I'd be competing until last night at ten,” said Houlden.

“I've not done some of these dives in a long while but we did pretty well considering we didn't have much preparation."

Harper added: "We train together every day but we've never jumped together in our lives. I've learned a lot from the last few days, this is the biggest crowd I may ever compete front of and I've loved every minute."

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