DOHA (Reuters) - A 27-metre platform perched above the Doha Old Port was Aidan Heslop's launchpad for a first high diving world championship title which one day the Briton hopes may be a milestone on the way to an Olympic gold.

Heslop's final dive on Thursday was a thing of vertiginous beauty -- a forward launch, four somersaults and three-and-a-half twists pike rated the toughest in the business.