Great Britain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Great Britain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Great Britain competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia between 24 July to 9 August 2015. Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree became the first ever winners of the Mixed team event. In doing so, Daley became the first British diver to win multiple medals across World Championships, and the first British double world champion. Gallantree became the first female British diver to win a World Championship medal of any colour, and the first female British World Champion. With bronze in the Men's 10 m platform, Daley would go on
1936 Individual Speedway World Championship 1936 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1936 Individual Speedway World Championship was the first ever Speedway World Championship and was won by Lionel Van Praag of Australia. It was the first of a record 26 times that London's Wembley Stadium would host the World Final with the last being in 1981. Despite being unbeaten in the Final, Australian Bluey Wilkinson only finished third as the Championship was decided by bonus points accumulated in previous rounds plus the score from the final. Van Praag defeated England's Eric Langton in a runoff to be declared the inaugural Speedway World Champion. As they