Canada won its first-ever high diving medal at the aquatics world championships on Wednesday in Fukuoka, Japan.
It also won its second.
Molly Carlson earned silver while Jessica Macaulay scored bronze in the event in which competitors leap off a 20-metre board and perform twists and tricks in the air before entering the water feet first.
Australia’s Rhiannon Iffland grabbed gold for her third straight world championship victory.
The Canadians climbed the podium with four steady dives through two days of competition, culminated in difficult final dives which they each executed well.
Macaulay’s last attempt scored 102 points — the best dive until Iffland beat it with
