Suji Kim earns Women’s 10m Platform dive-off gold: Day seven – 18th FINA Diving World Cup
Korean expert, Suji Kim upset her competitors by earning the title of Women’s 10m Platform dive-off on the concluding day of the 18th Federation Internationale Federation de Natation Amateur (FINA) Visa Diving World Cup at the Aquatics Centre,
Olympic Park in London on Sunday, February 26.
The Diving World Cup was of extreme importance as it provided a chance to all world-class players to prove their mettle in their exclusive events before the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Suji experienced strong resistance of her following competitor, Kim Jin Ok of North Korea, but with her relentless efforts, she managed to cement her pace on top of the victory stand.
She proved her mettle for the gold spot of the race by notching up a wonderful score of 299.85 points. The gold medallist was trailed by Ok Jin, who suffered a loss of just 0.85 seconds and ended second. Jin followed Suji on the medal rostrum for silver
medal by accomplishing a score of 299.00 points.
The third best spot of the event was secured by Brenda Spaziani of Italy, who stayed nearly six points behind her preceding finisher and emerged on the victory stand for bronze medal with a score of 293.15 points.
Similarly, Audrey Labeau of France remained just 0.95 points behind the third position holder and transpired on the overall rankings list with a score of 292.20 points. She was chased by Annia Ribera of Cuba, who stayed 1.30 points apart and accomplished
fifth position for scoring 290.90 points.
Subsequently, the crowd witnessed ruthless efforts of Andressa Mendes of Brazil, who stayed prominently behind Ribera and scored 277.50 points for sixth position.
Corina Popovici of Romania was the seventh best finisher of the event as she gained 273.75 points. She was trailed by Maria Betancourt of Venezuela, who was only 0.60 points behind her former finisher and settled as eighth best finisher with a score of 273.15
points.
The championship ended after the conclusion of all planned events whereas the winners were invited on the victory stand for their remarkable efforts at the prize distribution ceremony of the championship.
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