Wu Minxia conquers Women’s 3m Springboard heat: Day four – 18th FINA Diving World Cup
Four-time Olympic medallist, Wu Minxia demonstrated her gruelling form by conquering the qualification round of Women’s 3m Springboard on day four of the ongoing 18th Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) Visa Diving World Cup 2012
at the Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park in London on Thursday, February 23.
With the forthcoming 2012 London Olympic Games, the Diving World Cup is of considerable importance as it allows the elite divers to compete with each other in their exclusive events.
The 26-year-old Minxia dominated all five rounds of the event and devastated hopes of her competitors by accumulating a total of 376.55 points. She remained nearly eleven points ahead of her team-member, He Zi, who qualified into the semi-final with a wonderful
struggle of 365.25 points.
The third best spot of the event was obtained by Tania Cagnotto of Italy, who was 21 points away from overwhelming the effort of her former diver and achieved a total of 344.25 points.
Next was the Australia’s Sharleen Stratton, who suffered a loss of nearly six points and made her way into the next round with a score of 338.35 points. With her tremendous effort, Stratton was trailed by Christina Loukas of USA, who stayed just 3.15 points
away and earned fifth qualifying spot of the event with an effort of 335.20 points.
Germany’s Nora Subschinski transpired on the overall points table for sixth position as she remained approximately eleven points away from Loukas and accomplished 324.45 points.
The seventh finest spot was occupied by Malaysia’s Jun Hoong Cheong, who was only 0.15 points apart and earned his qualification spot in the final round with an effort of 324.30 points.
Subsequently, Cassidy Krug of USA ensured her eighth finest qualification in the semi-final by gaining a score of 318.65 points.
Minxia was contented with her top qualification effort in the preliminary round of the event and soothed her supporters by expressing that she will struggle hard to sustain her position in the subsequent rounds to pocket gold medal of the event. Furthermore,
these qualifying divers will compete contest each other in the next round to earn top spot in the playoff.
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