Dumais earns another sixth-place finish; Colwill takes 12th in 3-meter finals
Jennifer Lowery - USA Diving August 19, 2008
BEIJING - Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) scored his third sixth-place finish in an Olympic Games, and Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla./Athens, Ga.) took 12th in the men's 3-meter finals Tuesday night at the National Aquatics Center.
China won its sixth diving gold in six events as He Chong dominated the field with 572.90 points. Canada's Alexandre Despatie scored 536.65 points for silver, just ahead of China's Qin Kai, who won bronze at 530.10.
Dumais, who also finished sixth on 3-meter in 2000 and 2004, scored 472.50 points in his third Olympic effort. He earned marks of 9.0 or higher on four of his six dives, highlighted by 91.80 points on his front 2 ½ with two twists in the third round, but scored just 57.75 points on his reverse 3 ½ in the fifth round.
"I went after everything. I didn't hold anything back. I wasn't going to be tentative," Dumais said. "My fifth dive is the only thing that bothered me tonight. I've trained really, really hard the past four years, and it's paid off with huge dividends. I did everything I could."
Colwill took a gamble and upgraded his degree of difficulty for the finals, adding a reverse 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists (5355B), a dive with a degree of difficulty of 3.9 that added an extra half-point to his overall DD for the highest in the field at 20.4.
He finished with 425.90 points, including 80.50 points on his reverse 3 ½ tuck. He scored 66.30 points on 5355B in just his fourth time competing the dive. He first did it in a FINA World Series meet in Great Britain in May and later performed it in the finals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June, as well as at the Olympic team selection camp in Knoxville, Tenn., in July.
"It could have worked in my favor, but unfortunately it didn't. It was a tough field out there. I can do that dive well. I just hesitated today, but I know in my heart I can do it," Colwill said.
Olympic diving competition continues Wednesday with Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) and Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif./Indianapolis, Ind.) in the women's 10-meter preliminaries at 7 p.m.
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China won its sixth diving gold in six events as He Chong dominated the field with 572.90 points. Canada's Alexandre Despatie scored 536.65 points for silver, just ahead of China's Qin Kai, who won bronze at 530.10.
Dumais, who also finished sixth on 3-meter in 2000 and 2004, scored 472.50 points in his third Olympic effort. He earned marks of 9.0 or higher on four of his six dives, highlighted by 91.80 points on his front 2 ½ with two twists in the third round, but scored just 57.75 points on his reverse 3 ½ in the fifth round.
"I went after everything. I didn't hold anything back. I wasn't going to be tentative," Dumais said. "My fifth dive is the only thing that bothered me tonight. I've trained really, really hard the past four years, and it's paid off with huge dividends. I did everything I could."
Colwill took a gamble and upgraded his degree of difficulty for the finals, adding a reverse 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists (5355B), a dive with a degree of difficulty of 3.9 that added an extra half-point to his overall DD for the highest in the field at 20.4.
He finished with 425.90 points, including 80.50 points on his reverse 3 ½ tuck. He scored 66.30 points on 5355B in just his fourth time competing the dive. He first did it in a FINA World Series meet in Great Britain in May and later performed it in the finals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June, as well as at the Olympic team selection camp in Knoxville, Tenn., in July.
"It could have worked in my favor, but unfortunately it didn't. It was a tough field out there. I can do that dive well. I just hesitated today, but I know in my heart I can do it," Colwill said.
Olympic diving competition continues Wednesday with Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) and Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif./Indianapolis, Ind.) in the women's 10-meter preliminaries at 7 p.m.
- USA Diving -
Featuring America's best divers, USA Diving is the national governing body for the sport of diving. Headquartered in Indianapolis, USA Diving offers diversified programs geared toward the broadest number of diving enthusiasts, from the novice to the world champion. USA Diving conducts approximately 40 regional and national events annually and is responsible for training and selecting teams that represent the United States at international events such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup. For more information, visit www.usadiving.org.
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