Ireland’s Ciara McGing has placed
26th overall in the preliminaries of the Platform (10M) at the World Aquatics
Championships, missing out on a semi-final spot and opportunity of assuring a
place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
An error in the 22-year-old’s third
dive saw her score just 28 points for a reverse 2 ½ somersaults, and ultimately
cost her a place in the semi-final, with just 20 points excluding her from the
required top-eighteen slots.
McGing’s highest scores came from her
final two dives, where she scored 62.40 points for a back 2 ½ somersaults, 1 ½
twists and 58 points for a back two and a half somersaults.
Jake Passmore will be the next Irish
athlete in action when he takes to the 3M Springboard on Tuesday morning.
Just 18-years-of age, Passmore made
his senior World debut in Fukuoka in 2023, finishing in 45th position overall.
The World junior silver medallist will be looking to improve on that position
to secure a top eighteen place and be in with a chance to make the final (top
12), where Paris 2024 qualification is on the line.
Seventy-one men will line up for the
preliminaries, with the event set to take close to six hours to complete.
No comments:
Post a Comment