Alicia Blagg, Rebecca Gallantree progress in Rio

Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree have comfortably progressed to the final of the 3m synchro at the Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

In a tightly-contested preliminary round, the veteran GB pair posted two 60-plus scores and a 70-plus score on their way to a total of 298.14, good enough for fourth place.

China's Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia led the pack with 316.80 across the five rounds, including a session-best 75.60 for their inward 2-1/2, with Italy's Tania Cognotto and Francesca Dallape qualifying in second and Aussie duo Amy Mills and Esther Qin finishing third.

A field of 15 pairings was trimmed down to 12 ahead of the final tonight, with Korea, Japan and Russia all failing to make the cut.