Tanya Watson finished Olympic debut in 15th in 10m Platform
Team Ireland diver Tanya Watson
closed out our Tokyo 2020 aquatic schedule on Thursday morning with 15th place
overall in 10m Platform, having made the semi-final on her Olympic debut.
The 19-year-old, with roots in Derry,
posted the second highest score of her senior career on Wednesday to get
through to the next round, and showed the same professionalism and composure in
a challenging semi-final.
Against 17 of the world’s best,
Watson stepped up to improve her scores on her first two dives, and did not
lose focus after missing the third dive, producing solid efforts on her final
two dives to finish with a total tally of 278.15 points.
She adds this performance to her
fifth-placed finish in the 10m Platform final at the Youth Olympic Games in
Buenos Aires in 2018 when she was aged only 16.
Damian Ball, National Head Coach for
Diving, added: "Today was another solid performance from Tanya, and
overall this has been an amazing debut Olympics for her.
"There was some world class
diving in the pool today and for Tanya to make the final today would have
required an international PB score.
"Just as we saw at the World
Cup, she was not a million miles away from reaching the all-important finals.
She should be very proud of everything she’s achieved this year."
Watson was the last Irish aquatic
athlete to compete for Ireland at Tokyo 2020, signing off a successful campaign
for Team Ireland's largest ever aquatic team for an Olympic Games.
Aquatic attentions now look ahead to
the Paralympic Games, which begin on August 24 and will feature five Irish
swimmers: Ellen Keane, Nicole Turner, Patrick Flanagan, Barry McClements and
Róisín Ní Ríain.
Full results from 10m Platform
Semi-Final: Diving - Semifinal Results (olympics.com)
Tanya Watson – 10m Platform
Semi-Final Scores
Dive Degree of Difficulty Score
Position
1. Back 2½ Somersaults 1½ Twists 3.2
64 9th
2. Forward 3½ Somersaults 3.0 63 7th
3. Back 2½ Somersaults 2.9 39.15 15th
4. Reverse 2½ Somersaults 2.8 56 15th
5. Inward 3½ Somersaults 3.2 56 15th
Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
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