WATERFIELD WINS SILVER AT USA GRAND PRIX
Southampton's Peter Waterfield won 10m Platform silver for
Britain last night at the USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
After qualifying for the final in third position and dropping
to sixth place after his third dive, Waterfield's brilliantly
executed Back 2 ½ Somersault 2 ½ Twist Pike
and Reverse 3 ½ Somersault Tuck edged him up to silver
spot with a total of 519.40 points.
The Commonwealth silver medallist faced tough opposition
in the form of talented Chinese teens Huo Liang (16) and Lin
Yue (14) who finished either side of the Brit with 538.75
and 513.55 points respectively.
Southampton teammate Gareth Jones was also in action on the
Platform, but failed to qualify past the preliminary event
after finishing 15th with 344.35 points.
In this weekend's other events, springboard specialists Hayley
Sage (City of Sheffield) and Tandi Gerrard (City of Leeds)
finished 8th in the 3m Synchro with 241.02 points while Nicholas
Robinson-Baker (Bagiu Diving) and Ben Swain (City of Sheffield)
were 9th in the men's event with 357.03 points. In the individual
3m Springboard, Rebecca Gallantree of City of Leeds finished
21st with 235.15 points and Sage was 24th with 216.00 points.
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