Britain’s Jorden Fisher-Eames successfully defended his Boys B platform title with an impressive victory at the European Junior Diving Championships in Croatia.
Also
standing on the top step of the podium on the fourth day of Rijeka 2023 were
Italy’s Viola Bellato (Girls B 1m) and Ukrainian duo Kyrylo Azarov and Masksym
Mirza (Boys A/B 3m synchro).
15-year-old
Fisher-Eames follows team-mate OIiver Heath in claiming gold at this year’s
championships, after he took the Boys B 1m crown on day two of the event.
Ukrainian
Mark Hrytsenko had led after opening of the four rounds in the final and he as
well as Fisher-Eames both performed high-class routines, which each scored over
80 points, in the second.
The
British diver showed the greater consistency in the following two though to
secure an overall total of 467.95, with Hrytsenko (446.75) second.
Raffaele
Pelligra (369.80) of Italy rounded off the podium placed with a hard-earned
bronze.
“I’m
amazed and couldn’t have done anything else today,” said Fisher-Eames, who also
won silver in the Boys A/B synchro platform final earlier in the event.
“I had a
fantastic opponent in Mark (Hrytsenko) and he pushed me hard, but I did
everything I could and I want to thank my coaches for all their help getting me
here.”
Hrytsenko
added; “I did not perform my best dives today, but congratulations to team
Great Britain who dived really well and today he won, but I will come back and
aim to win this European Championship in the future.”
Mateg
Nevešćanin made history on Monday by claiming the host nation’s first-ever
European Junior Diving gold medal and he was on course to secure a second
alongside team-mate Luka Martinović in the 3m synchronised final.
However,
an error in the penultimate round saw their challenge fade and they would
finish fourth.
Ukraine’s
Azarov and Mirza, who had remained in contention throughout, seized their
opportunity and closed out a strong performance with a score of 71.61 in the
final round to give them an overall total of 299.49.
It saw
them narrowly edge ahead of Italian duo Matteo Santoro and Matteo Cafiero
(299.34) who were second, with Great Britain’s Euan McCabe and Leon Baker (298.53)
third.
“We are
thankful to our team and our coaches that we had this opportunity to represent
Ukraine and we are proud to win this medal for our country,” Azarov said after
the final.
Santoro,
who won bronze in the Boys B 1m event on Monday added; “I was so excited for
this final but it was not easy because he (Cafiero) lives in Milan and I’m in
Rome so we have not had much time to practice, so this makes us very happy.”
Britain’s
Baker was also delighted with his performance alongside McCabe; “This is our
debut competition working together and what a result,” he told LEN.
The Girls
B 1m final also delivered great diving drama for the fans at the Kantrida
Swimming Pool complex venue.
Vanessa
Röhniß of Germany and Italian Beatrice Gallo both delivered dives which scored
over the ‘magic’ 50-point mark, but they would have to settled for silver and
bronze respectively following overall totals of 301,85 and 298.35.
Viola
Bellato – also of Italy – taking the title (312.10) after showing greater
consistency across the morning preliminaries and the three dives she performed
in the final.
“I have
never won before and it’s my first competition in Europe and my first win, so
I’m very happy,” Bellato told LEN.
Silver
medallist Röhniß added; “Some of my dives could have been better, but I’m
really proud of how I performed and how hard I worked for this.”
Each
session from Rijeka 2023 can be followed live on the LEN YouTube Channel, while
live scores can be accessed HERE.
https://www.diverecorder.co.uk/live/meet1/selectevent.php
For further information about the competition, head to the official Rijeka 2023 website. https://rijekadiving2023.com/
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