Paola Espinosa occupies Women’s 10m platform title: Day One – 2011 Pan American Games, Guadalajara
Paola Espinosa of Mexico occupied gold medal of Women’s 10m platform on the fore most day of diving events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara on Wednesday, October 26.
Just like the Olympics, the Pan American Games are organized every fourth year, where a large amount of international athletes compete with each other in their respective events.
The 25-year-old Espinosa, who qualified as the second final diver in 10m playoff outshined her competitors in the final round. With her phenomenal effort, she devastated hopes of her compatriot, Tatiana Ortiz, who achieved the finest qualification spot in
preliminary session.
Nevertheless, the 27-year-old failed to sustain her top spot in the final round and earned second position. Espinosa dictated terms to her competitor and marked a total of 370.60 points to secure gold finish on the medal roster.
The Mexican champion was the bronze medalist of 10m platform synchronized event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal in the same at 2003 World Championships while her continued efforts enabled her to capture the gold medal of 10m disciple
at the 2009 world titles. Furthermore, she again achieved a bronze medal in 10m competition at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
The gold medalist defeated her strongest opponent, Ortiz with a difference of just 1.55 points. Ortiz followed her on the podium for silver medal by gaining a total of 369.05 points. The silver medalist remained 10.85 points ahead of Canadian diver, Meaghan
Benfeito, who settled on the victory stand for bronze medal with an astonishing sore of 358.20 points.
Benfeito's team-mate Roseline Filion remained almost 13 points behind her former finisher and emerged as the forth best finalist with a score of 345.65 points. She was followed by Andressa Mendes of Brazil, who was nearly 66 points away from forth finisher
and accomplished a total of 279.95 points for fifth position.
The arena appreciated commendable efforts of all finalists, who struggled hard to secure a podium finish. Furthermore, the podium finishers collected medals for their irresistible efforts in 10m platform final after the conclusion of session.
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