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Rebecca Gallantree, Alicia Blagg and Georgia Ward qualify for Rio

Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree of England
Image: Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree during the Commonwealth Games

Rebecca Gallantree, Alicia Blagg and Georgia Ward booked their tickets to the 2016 Olympics after their performances in the Diving World Cup in Rio.

Gallantree and Blagg earned their place in Team GB diving together in the women's synchronised 3m springboard.

Their score of 299.28 saw them finish in sixth place in the official test event for this summer's Olympics.

Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree - Commonwealth gold
Image: Blagg (left) and Gallantree won gold in the women's synchronised 3m event in Glasgow

China took gold with a score of 339.60, ahead of Canada (312.27) in second and Australia (307.50) third.

Ward also became a member of Team GB by qualifying for Sunday's individual 10m platform. She qualified in sixth position with a score of 325.60.