Britain's Hunt wins high-diving world gold

Gary Hunt gave Britain their third gold medal of the world aquatic championships with victory in the men's high-diving competition on Wednesday.

Hunt, who has won the last five world series events and eight of the last 10, led over all five rounds of the competition in Kazan from 27 metres.

The 31-year-old won gold with 629.30 points as Jonathan Paredes of Mexico took silver with 596.45pts and Russia's Artem Silchenko earned bronze with 593.95.

Hunt finally won the world title after finishing second at the Barcelona championships two years ago when he lost out to Colombia's Orlando Duque by less than a point.

This was Britain's third gold medal in Kazan after Adam Peaty won the men's 100m breaststroke final on Monday and James Guy's victory in the men's 200m freestyle final on Tuesday.
Source: AFP