British duo net diving silver

Olympic duo Becky Gallantree and Alicia Blagg's best international performance earned them a silver medal on the opening day of the World Series event in Beijing.

Becky Gallantree and Alicia Blagg: Silver in Beijing

The springboard synchro pairing beat world-class company to post a score of 305.79 and finish only behind Chinese duo Shi Tingmao and Wi Minxia.

Gallantree and Blagg, seventh at last year's London Olympics, had never claimed a World Series medal together before today.

On a busy opening day for Gallantree the City of Leeds diver also finished sixth alongside Jenny Cowan in the platform synchro.

Chris Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker were sixth in the men's springboard synchro after posting a score of 375.57.

Hosts China scooped all three gold medals on offer to start the three-day meet at the Water Cube.