Prankster jumps into pool during Tom Daley's World Series Diving final at London Aquatics Centre - video
Prankster Dan Jarvis last year stopped a Tottenham Hotspur match when he invaded the White Hart Lane pitch
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Your support makes all the difference.Tom Daley might have taken home a Gold medal from the World Series Diving Championships this weekend but it was another “diver” who stole the headlines.
As the 20-year-old Olympic bronze medallist battled his way to 10m board glory, it was a 26-year-old student from Gravesend who caused an even bigger splash.
Prankster Dan Jarvis was able to strip down to his Speedo’s and evade security staff as he made his way up to the 10m board at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford.
Pursued by one of the arena’s security staff, Jarvis was eventually able to give his chaser the slip and launch himself ungraciously into the water below.
Jarvis often appears on the online YouTube prank channel Troll Station and his previous pranks include halting Tottenham’s Europa League match against Partizan Belgrade last year after he and two others invaded the White Hart Lane Pitch.
Speaking to The Telegraph after his latest prank, Jarvis told reporters that he had been fined £90 for his stunt under a public order offence. He added: “It was just a bit of fun. The guy who was getting ready to dive on the top board was laughing at me.”
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