Diving duo Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson win silver at the World Aquatics Championships

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson made history on Sunday by becoming the first British women to win a World Championship diving medal.

The pair claimed silver in the women’s 10metres synchronised in Fukuoka, Japan, which also sealed their sport at next summer’s Olympics in Paris.

‘It’s incredible,’ said Spendolini-Sirieix, the daughter of Fred Sirieix from Channel 4’s First Dates, who is just 18 and only completed her A-levels last month.

‘We had to put our training on hold because of my exams, so our training has been limited coming into these World Championships.

‘To see women in sport excelling, proving we can do everything, I am so proud of us. Adding to history is a beautiful moment.’

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix(right) and Lois Toulson(left) won a silver medal in the women’s 10m synchronised diving at the World Aquatics Championships 

With their second-place finish, the pair became the first British women ever to secure a medal in the competition

Spendolini-Sirieix won two golds at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in front of her dad, TV personality Fred Sirieix

Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson finished behind only China’s Yuxi Chen and Hongchan Quan, with the silver adding to the gold they won together at last year’s European Championships.

‘I can’t really believe that we are the first women to win a medal, I had no idea,’ added 23-year-old Toulson.

‘I’ve been after a world medal for a while now, so to finally come away with one, and next to Andrea with a good performance, it makes all the hard work feel worth it.’