Montréal, April 26, 2025 – The city of Dresden seems to be sweet on Lila Stewart. Gold medallist on the 1m springboard only a year ago at the International Diving Meet, the Saskatchewan native made it a repeat performance on Saturday – this time on the second step of the podium, in Group A competitions.
Stewart earned the silver medal with a score of 382.05; she saved the best for last, as her final dive earned her a score of 59.80, the best result of the final round.
“I’m very proud and happy with my day! I was solid in qualifying, and I really wanted to keep that momentum for the final. I stayed calm and took it one dive at a time. I’m very proud of my last dive, I wanted to finish on a high note to demonstrate what I’m capable of,” shared Lila Stewart.
“I really wanted to focus on what I could control – my own dives. I think that made a big difference for me. My expectations were high coming to Dresden, I was able to do most of my dives well, especially in the final, and that makes me very proud!”
The Czech Republic’s Tereza Jelinkova (394.55 points) ended up with the gold, and was the only athlete to overtake Stewart in the final rankings. Germany’s Emily Deml (379.65) completed the podium with her bronze medal.
The Canadian finished first in qualifying with 373.85 points to kick off her successful day.
Stewart had company on the podium in Dresden on Saturday; in the Group B Men’s platform, Chase Shaw took bronze with 361.65 points.
Extremely consistent throughout the final, Shaw emulated his teammate by performing his best dive as his last effort on the 10m platform, collecting 361.65 points in the process.
Ukraine’s Nazarii Kononenko (453.55) took gold ahead of Germany’s Louis Aaron Förster (373.95).
Also diving into the action Saturday were the duo of Blessing Roche and Samuel McCaffrey, who finished the 3m synchro final just off the podium with their 268.23 points.
After a somewhat slow start to the session, Roche and McCaffrey are turning up the heat, and finished a mere 3.24 points short of a spot on the podium.
The Italian diving duo finished first (282.60), ahead of Team Ukraine (282.54), with Germany’s diving pair (271.47) coming in for bronze.
Daniela Durevska took part in the Group B 3m springboard final, where she came eighth with a total of 311.50 points.
Great Britain’s Siena Rae Mills scored 340.45 points to top the podium in the latter event, where the Ukraine’s Alina Polonets (339.65) took silver, and Australia’s Piper Howard (332.90) came third.
More diving thrills are coming on Sunday, the last day of the competition in Dresden. Stay tuned to hear results from your favourite Canadian divers in the Group A Women’s 3m, the Junior Women’s Synchro Platform, the Group A Men’s platform and the Junior Boys’ Group B 1m springboard.
– 30 –
More information :
Alexandra Piché
Manager, Communications
Diving Canada
C: 514 625-5513
alexandra@diving.ca