Montréal, August 3, 2025 – Benjamin Tessier took ninth place in the men’s 10m platform finals on Sunday, the last day of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The 20-year-old diver racked up 445.30 points in the first individual final of his world championships career. Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau (534.80) captured gold in the event, ahead of Ukraine’s Oleksii Sereda (515.20) and Mexico’s Randal Willars Valdez (511.95).
According to Tessier, his first appearance at the senior world championships, where he exceeded his goals, has left him with a feeling of accomplishment.
“The thing I’m most proud of is having made it to the finals, because one of my goals was to at least make it to the semi-finals, since I wanted to prove that it was possible for me to qualify Canada for the next Olympic Games. Now I know that could happen at the next world championships. But I’m even prouder of having made the finals. I’m now even more convinced that I belonged in that group of finalists, who were all very strong divers.”
In yesterday’s 10m qualifiers, Matt Cullen finished 33rd.
In today’s finals, Tessier remained consistent throughout his six dives, but his fifth dive, a reverse three-and-a-half somersault in tuck position for which he earned 85.00 points, really allowed him to stand out. It propelled him into ninth place, where he remained for the duration of the competition.
“That’s the dive I feel most confident about. I know I can count on it going well. It’s my comfort dive. [. . .] I would say that four of my six dives were solid, but I could have done better on the two others. That’s what I’ll have to work on in training . . . that, and building up the confidence that allows me to remain consistent [in competition].”
Tessier admitted that he would have liked to perform more strongly on his three-and-a-half backward tuck, a feat that doesn’t normally pose him any problems, and that he plans to perfect his front entries, which weren’t as consistent as he would have liked.
The diver from Blainville, Quebec, will depart Singapore with a little more experience and a little more confidence under his belt.
“Although it won’t be easy, I think I could break the top five in the next few years,” said Tessier, who will give himself a week to rest once he is back in Canada, before heading to Paraguay for the Junior Pan American Games. After the Games, he will begin his final semester of Cégep.
The Canadian diving team will depart the World Aquatics Championships with a silver medal, won by Simone Leathead in the women’s 20m high diving event.
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