GB's Thorpe & Shortman win historic world silver

Artistic swimmers Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman have become the first Britons to win a duet medal at a World Championships with silver in Doha.

Thorpe and Shortman, both 22, scored 259.560 points in their final routine which was inspired by London landmark Big Ben.

It comes less than a year after Shortman became the first Briton to win a medal in artistic swimming.

"I don't it will sink in for a couple of days," said Shortman.

The duo, who started the final in third place, finished second behind China's Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi, with Spain's Alisa Ozhogina and Iris Tio claiming bronze.

"It means so much, I can't even put it into words," said Thorpe. "I just hope it's inspiring some young girls and boys back at home, and we can lead the way for some of them and that there's a bright future for artistic swimming in the UK."

Shortman added: "Hopefully we can get a bit more publicity for the sport now and we can encourage people to get involved, everything that comes with it."

Last July, Shortman made history by taking bronze in the solo free final at the 2023 World Championships in Japan.

Thorpe and Shortman are in action again on Wednesday in the preliminary round of the free duet event, with the final held on Friday.