Montréal, April 27, 2024 – Several athletes from the Canadian delegation dazzled at the International Invitationals in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday. In addition to silver medallist Kash Tarasoff and bronze medallist Ella Lindsay, Lila Stewart is likely to remember this day for a long time. She won gold in the Group A 1m springboard event—her first individual gold medal at the international level.

“I feel great. Today was a very exciting day for me. I won my first international gold medal, so it was pretty special,” said Stewart.

Stewart held provisional third place after her first dive in the final, which earned her 52.80 points. And although she had had an excellent start to the day in the preliminaries, the Canadian nevertheless had to fight hard until the very end in a tight race against Sweden’s Signe Stahl.

“The preliminaries really boosted my confidence. I had set some ambitious goals for myself and I knew I could achieve them. I knew that if I could pull it off in the preliminary rounds, I could do it again in the finals, and that’s what I did,” explained Stewart, who came out of the preliminary rounds in provisional first place.

Following her final dive, Stewart had a combined total score of 358.70 points, which put her ahead of Stahl (358.10) by less than one point. Not far behind was Vanessa Röhniß of Germany, who completed the podium with 357.45 points.

In the same event, Mathilde Laberge finished 14th with a total score of 426.30 points.

Kash Tarasoff competed in the men’s Group B platform final. After his first dive, which placed him in provisional 12th place, Tarasoff pulled out all the stops, obtaining his best score on his third dive, with 78.40 points.

In provisional second place after three attempts, he held fast until the very end, accumulating a total of 403.00 points to finish behind Davide Barberi of Italy (407.75) and ahead of Erik Passerone of Switzerland (371.45).

“I’m pretty proud of my performance. After the preliminaries, I was feeling really motivated because I was in provisional second place. In the finals, my first dive wasn’t all that great, but I managed to come back,” said Tarasoff.

His teammate Claude-Olivier Lisé-Coderre finished 10th in Group B, with a total score of 336.60 points.

A second bronze medal

After winning a bronze medal yesterday in the platform event, Ella Lindsay maintained her momentum by capturing a second bronze medal today, this time in the Group B 3m competition.

The diver from Ontario was awarded 50.40 points for her first dive, putting her in provisional second place. On her final plunge, she earned her best score of the finals with 51.30 points, bringing her total to 326.20.

Skye Fisher Eames of Great Britain finished first with 338.10 points, and Keira Wang of Australia finished second with 329.65.

Lila Gokiert was also in action in the Group B 3m final. Following closely behind her teammate, she finished fifth with 323.70 points.

In the 3m synchronized event, the duo comprised of Emmitt Reesor and Chris Booler just barely missed the podium, finishing fourth with a total of 272.10 points.

The Italians clinched gold with 299.91 points, the Ukrainians won silver with 291.63, and the British secured bronze with 272.06.

The Indianapolis International Invitational

A few Canadian divers were also in action at the International Invitational in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday.

In the men’s 3m final, Victor Pozvner finished fifth with 404.80 points.

In the same event, his teammate Tazman Abramowicz finished eighth with a cumulative total of 373.35 points. Jordan Houlden (484.15) and Ross Haslam (450.30), both of Great Britain, won gold and silver, respectively. Alexis Jandard of France completed the podium with a final score of 433.65 points.

On the women’s side, Éloïse Bélanger (5th) and Julianne Boisvert (8th) took part in the 10m platform final.

Ellie Cole of Australia captured gold with 344.00 points, Great Britain’s Robyn Birch took silver with 304.55, and Australia’s Laura Hingston won bronze with 296.75.

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Alexandra Piché
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Diving Canada
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