Canada wins the gold in men’s 10m synchro at FINA Grand Prix
MADRID – Laurent Gosselin-Paradis of Montreal
and Ethan Pitman of Edmonton combined forces on Sunday to win the gold medal on men’s 10-m synchro to conclude the first stop on the FINA Grand Prix circuit in diving.
The Canadians opened with big scores on their
first two dives and never looked back totalling 382.05 points. Vladimir Harutyunyan and Vartan Bayanduryan of Armenia took the silver at 332.76 and Maicol Verzotto and Julian Verzotto of Italy were third at 323.46.
‘’I was really happy with the consistency
of our performance,’’ said Pitman. ‘’Our synchro was very on point and we had no major messes. I would have liked my individual dives to have been a bit cleaner but overall we our satisfied.’’
In the women’s 10-m tower final, Celina Toth
of St. Thomas, Ont., just missed a berth on the podium with 282.60. Jessica Parratto of the U.S. was the winner at 341.45, Sarah Jodoin di Maria of Italy second at 305.70 and Nikita Hains of Australia third at 289.50.
‘’I’m pretty upset with the result,’’ said
Toth. ‘’I know I can do a lot better. The most positive thing for me in the final is that I improved on the dives I struggled with in the previous two rounds.’’
Canada ends the competition with two medals.
On Friday Rylan Wiens of Saskatoon won the silver on men’s 10-m.
The second stop on the circuit is next weekend
in Rostock, Germany.
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