Tokyo Olympics: Jack Laugher and Dan Goodfellow left to rue costly errors in 3M synchro final
Laugher won 3m synchro gold with Chris Mears in Rio five years ago, Britain’s first-ever diving title at the Games.
But his challenge, with new partner Dan Goodfellow, never managed to ignite on a day they would like to quickly forget.
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Hide AdAt the test event in Tokyo earlier this year they set a 440.94 personal best that would have been enough for bronze here.
But they struggled throughout, their performance more reminiscent of their show at the recent European Championships.
“Springboard is a bit of bitch sometimes and it can go south very quickly – it was a tough day,” admitted Laugher.
“We’ve competed two other times this year, we had a brilliant event here and then a real stinker at the European Championships, this is another one of them unfortunately.
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