The synchro pair, who won the World Series overall gold in April, achieved a total of 475.77, but will not be officially named in Team GB's diving squad until Monday.

"That [the February Olympic test event] was the first event of the year and also the home crowd brought a lot more pressure," admitted Waterfield (pictured top right with Daley, left), who won Olympic silver alongside Leon Taylor in 2004.

"We've done a lot more competitions this year and have been improving so, with a little more work, I think we'll be right up there."

"It's been a long time waiting over these four years and these few months are seeming like a lifetime so we're looking forward to getting on with it now."


Beijing Olympian Stacie Powell (pictured above), who also set a British record of 376.05 in the women's 10m, will be joining the pair in the team, as will 17-year-old Jack Laugher, who won the men's 3m springboard final with a personal best total.

Powell, 26, who finished eighth at last month's European Championships, missed most of the 2011 season with appendicitis and a subsequent infection.

"The pressure today was probably a little bit more [than in Beijing] because this time last year I was bed-ridden," said the Southampton-based diver.

"I've had to really come in with a bang to prove to everyone that I was back and also to qualify for London, so I'm really pleased I've done that."

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