Alicia Blagg saw gold snatched from her fingertips on Saturday night but the Wakefield diver insists she is still delighted with silver at the European Diving Championships.

The 21-year-old was in charge for much of the women’s three-metre individual final at Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool, as she tussled with Germany’s Tina Punzel for gold.

Punzel’s final dive was average and when Blagg beat it, she erupted into celebration – with gold surely heading her way.

But then teammate Grace Reid, who was third, came from nowhere to land a perfect final dive, beating Blagg’s total score by just 1.70 points.

However, Blagg was far from dejected, with silver here marking her first ever senior international medal in an individual discipline.

"There are no words. I was crying happy tears because I was in absolute shock. I never thought I would ever get to this in my career. It's amazing,” she said.

"My expectations for this year were just to put out a solid list. It was never a case of 'get a medal', it was a case of 'try and make the final, try and keep your stuff together and just try to be positive'.

“I wanted to prove to people I am just good enough to be here and I think I have proved that. It was really close but I would not have wanted gold to go to anyone else – to come second to her is an honour.

“Seeing I was ahead of Tina after the final dive was just unbelievable.”

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