Montréal, April 13, 2025 – Mia Vallée (326.20) remained in the running for the 3m springboard bronze medal right up until her fifth and final dive in the finals on Sunday at the World Cup in Windsor. Australia’s Maddison Keeney (336.55) succeeded in protecting her spot on the third step of the podium, the first two levels of which were occupied by China’s Jia Chen (379.05) and Yiwen Chen (369.90).
The other Canadian finalist, Amélie-Laura Jasmin, finished sixth (295.80).
Beyond the results, what Vallée is most proud of is the way she dove today.
“I wouldn’t say it was a perfect day—that doesn’t exist in diving—but it was an incredible day! It was more than I had hoped for, and I’m super happy to have performed like that in front of the Canadian crowd,” said Vallée, who got off to a slow start, placing ninth in the first round, before moving up the provisional rankings to hover between third and fourth place.
The Québécoise pointed out that her score today was very close to the one she obtained when she won the 3m bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.
“I haven’t had this high a score at an international competition since then. But this year, I decided to enjoy my competitions more instead of just focusing on my results, and it shows.”
Earlier in the day, Katelyn Fung and Kate Miller finished fifth in the women’s synchronized 10m finals with a score of 273.72 points. China’s Wei Lu and Minje Zhang (327.36) won the event. The Canadians had a strong start, taking provisional second place after two dives. However, after struggling with their third dive, they slid down the standings. Nevertheless, they finished only 1.44 points behind bronze medallists Maisie Bond and Lois Toulson of Great Britain (275.16). The silver medal went to Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Estudillo Torres of Mexico (291.90).
“Our dives were all right, but for each of us individually, it was a tough day. We’ll get back to training and work harder to improve our dives. [. . .] It was a good learning experience. We’ll draw on the positives,” analyzed Fung.
The last event of the weekend was the men’s 10m platform finals. Benjamin Tessier (412.25) obtained Canada’s best result, finishing seventh. His compatriot Matt Cullen (374.70) finished eleventh.
“There were some ups and downs. My take-offs were pretty good, but my entries didn’t go so well. That’s something I’ll have to work on, but I think I’ll get there relatively quickly,” said Tessier, who hails from Blainville, QC. “In the middle of the competition, I told myself I had to push a little harder, and I wanted to score at least one eight per dive, because I hadn’t received any all week. In the end, I received a few. So I’m on the right track.”
China enjoyed another one-two finish in this event, thanks to the performances of Zilong Cheng (511.10) and Zifeng Zhu (499.40). Oleksii Sereda of Ukraine (490.80) narrowly edged out Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau (490.75), clinching the bronze medal by a slim margin of 0.05 points.
The Canadian team concluded the Windsor World Cup with two medals: silver in the women’s synchronized 3m and bronze in the men’s synchronized 10m.
The Diving World Cup Super Final will begin on May 2 in Beijing.
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