The atmosphere at the 2009 Metropolitan Diving Championships was intense as divers competed doing aerial stunts from the springboards.

The event was held at Sydney Olympic Park. Aside from the various mens and womens diving contests teams for the Fisher & Paykel 2009 Asia Pacific Rim Junior Diving Invitational were selected.

The team from Perfect 10 should be very proud of their competitors, many of whom took home first place and were selected to represent in the up-coming Fisher & Paykel Junior Invitational.

In the 14 years and over girls Jordan Callaghan and Genevieve De La Motte ended with a final score which was more than 30 points higher than any other team.

Rachel Bugg and Alex Croak, from Diving South Australia also scored very highly in the open over 3m synchronised events.

The team that will be sent to the Fisher & Paykel 2009 Asia Pacific Rim Junior Diving Invitational consists of:
FINA A – Angus Colloff, Ben Trabinger, Victoria Hunt, Marlee Barber, Grace Rowe
FINA B – Beth Alexander, Jordan Callaghan, Liam Dummer, Paul McLaughlin, Nick Jeffree
FINA C – Tamara Ambrose, Genevieve de la Motte, Christian Holman, Freddie Pryor
Team Manager – Louise Rowe
Coaches – Vyninka Arlow, Allen Bull
Judge – Gillian Brooker

Top Results for the 2009 Metropolitan Diving Championships:

Elite Junior A Boys 1M
(1) 469.55 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast (guest)
(2) 451.25 Angus COLLOFF — Canberra Diving Academy (guest)
(3) 366.15 Ben TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy (guest)

Elite Junior A Girls 1M
(1) 376.85 Victoria HUNT — Hunter United Diving Academy (guest)
(2) 351.50 Marlee BARBER — Playground 2 Podium Albury (guest)
(3) 329.90 Grace ROWE — Perfect 10
(4) 301.75 Cassie STOREY — Waikato (guest)

Masters Men 1M
(1) 219.35 Stephen SHAW — Diving Masters
(2) 169.40 Kim MO — Diving Masters
(3) 150.70 Justyn CLEARY — Diving Masters

Masters Women 1M
(1) 140.20 Katy ROSENTHALL — Diving Masters
(2) 127.95 Jacqueline LANGEREIS — Diving
Masters Open Men 1M
(1) 359.45 Thomas RICKARDS — Hunter United Diving Academy (guest)
(2) 326.70 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast (guest)
(3) 312.10 Angus COLLOFF — Canberra Diving Academy (guest)
(4) 292.00 Ben REARDON — Perfect 10
(5) 188.85 Christian HOLMAN — Parramatta

Open Women 1M
(1) 247.70 Rachel BUGG — Diving South Australia (guest)
(2) 231.55 Alex CROAK — Perfect 10
(3) 179.55 Marlee BARBER — Playground 2 Podium Albury (guest)
(4) 176.40 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta
(5) 174.00 Cassie STOREY — Waikato (guest)
(6) 165.55 Victoria HUNT — Hunter United Diving Academy (guest)

Elite Junior A Boys 3M
(1) 485.90 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast (guest)
(2) 434.55 Ben TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy (guest)

Elite Junior A Girls 3M
(1) 398.65 Cassie STOREY — Waikato (guest)
(2) 383.35 Victoria HUNT — Hunter United Diving Academy (guest)
1 377.65 Marlee BARBER — Playground 2 Podium Albury (guest)
Masters Men 3M
239.05 Stephen SHAW — Diving Masters
2 177.60 Kim MO — Diving Masters
3 149.20 Justyn CLEARY — Diving Masters

Masters Women 3M
1 139.00 Katy ROSENTHALL — Diving Masters

Open Men 3M
1 477.95 Matthew MITCHAM — Abbotsleigh
(2) 376.80 Thomas RICKARDS — Hunter United Diving Academy (guest)
2 340.00 Ben REARDON — Perfect 10
(4) 320.35 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast (guest)
3 198.20 Freddie PRYOR — Parramatta

Open Women 3M
(1) 277.30 Rachel BUGG — Diving South Australia (guest)
(2) 241.75 Beth ALEXANDER — Diving Central West (guest)
(3) 199.40 Marlee BARBER — Playground 2 Podium Albury (guest)
1 180.95 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta
(5) 179.00 Cassie STOREY — Waikato (guest)
2 173.55 Emma LUDOWICI — Perfect 10

Open Men Platform
(1) 483.70 Matthew MITCHAM — Abbotsleigh
366.95 Angus COLLOFF — Canberra Diving Academy
335.95 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast
(2) 194.75 Kyle LOVELL — Parramatta
(3) 179.80 Freddie PRYOR – Parramatta

Open Women Platform
313.15 Rachel BUGG — Diving South Australia
229.60 Beth ALEXANDER — Diving Central West
(1) 209.80 Marlaina KOUZOUMIS — Perfect 10
(2) 200.00 Genevieve DE LA MOTTE — MLC Burwood
(3) 195.45 Jordan CALLAGHAN — Perfect 10
194.50 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta

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International athletes have taken all gold medal honours at the diving on Day 7 at the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games.

The action got underway with the woman’s 80+ 3m springboard event. After three dives, Rene Puddifoot (GBR) won the event with a score of 90.8 points over Australia’s Theresa Margaret Adamson on an even 55 points.

American competitors staged a clean sweep in the men’s 70-79 3m springboard with 70 year old John Deininger taking out the gold after he led the whole way, with a final total of 175.5 points. Felix Grossman narrowly won the silver with a score of 166.15 over Peter Di Croce with 164.6.

By the half way point in the men’s 50-59 3m springboard, Roy Botsko (USA) had a convincing lead over the rest of the field with a total 153.7, a 28.5 point lead over nearest competitor, Ken Grove of Australia.

Over the remaining three rounds, he extended his lead to win the event with a score of 318.15 points. Grove held on to second place to earn the silver, with a total of264.75. Botsko’s compatriot Stephen Greymorning (USA) took the bronze with a 242.75.

Yury Eregov (RUS) was challenged early on by Canada’s Richard LeBlanc, in the final event of the session, the men’s 60-69 years 3m springboard. He managed to pull away to win silver with a score of 243.55 while LeBlanc finished with a 224.20. Trevor Hudson (AUS) won the bronze with a 150.05 score.

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New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees declared the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games officially open at the Games Opening Ceremony at ANZ Stadium.

With Games sailing competitor His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark among the crowd, Premier Rees opened the seventh edition of the world’s largest multi-sport event, with a record 28,292 competitors from 95 countries in Sydney.

The Games Opening Ceremony kicked off with the world’s largest competitors’ parade as the majority of Games registrants took the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Sydney 2000 Olympians by marching into the Sydney Olympic Park arena.

Games competitors ranging in age from 24-year-old Canadian swimming Facundo Chernikoff to 101-year-old Australian lawn bowler Reg Trewin walked into ANZ Stadium after being marshalled into 28 groups, corresponding with the 28 Games sports.

The formal proceedings included the singing of the Australian anthem in two tongues – the first verse in a traditional language of the Eora nation and the subsequent verses in English – speeches by Games Chair Margy Osmond, International Masters Games Association President Kai Holm, Minister Justine Elliot representing the Australian Government and Premier Rees and the unveiling of the Games oath.

The youngest Australian competitor, 24-year-old Sydney swimmer Melanie Speet, and 68-year-old Albert Armstrong, a Melbourne squash player who has taken part in every Games, lead the crowd in the reading of the Games oath written by Games competitor and well known Australian author Peter FitzSimons.

All-star Australian artists of all ages then brought down the curtain on the Games Opening Ceremony.

Nathan Foley, Jessica Mauboy, David Campbell, The McClymonts, Paul Gray, Leo Sayer and John Paul Young got the Opening Ceremony crowd on their feet before, in a nod to the unforgettable Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics at the same venue, Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs and Tap Pups rounded the night’s entertainment with a spectacular dance routine.

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Australian swim brand Vorgee has launched the country’s first polarised swimming goggles – the Osprey – giving Aussie triathletes and open water swimmers the cutting-edge advantage.

18 months in the making, Vorgee’s Osprey goggles use the same type of polarising lenses found in leading sunglass brands. Vorgee first had the idea a couple of years ago when they kept hearing complaints from open water swimmers of the problems they were having with reflective glare off the water and its affect on their vision and performance.

The Vorgee design team ran with the concept and began to research the kinds of polarising lenses worn by other sports people – cyclists, skiers, sailors – who need to perform to a high level in glary, reflective environments. Their findings were then applied to swimming goggle technology and the Vorgee Osprey was born.

Osprey goggles feature polarised, UV protected, anti-fog coated, enlarged lenses that provide zero distortion and optimum viewing clarity, no matter what the conditions. Combine this with an oversized, one piece lens and frame design that enhances comfort and sight lines, plus a quick fit strap system, and you have the perfect goggles for open water swimming.

Vorgee’s Osprey goggles will also be available in tinted and clear lens versions for pool swimming.

The Osprey goes on sale at participating aquatic centres throughout Australia in September 2009.

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Crisp Autumn air made for beautiful conditions at Sydney Olympic Park where the 2009 Sydney Olympic Park NSW Elite Junior Championship Diving event was held.

 

 

 

Thrilling leaps off the springboards and combined with fierce competition  kept crowds entertained. There were loud applause as some competitors managed to score a perfect 10!

RESULTS FROM THE 2009 Sydney Olympic Park NSW Elite Junior Champions:

Elite Junior A Boys 1M
- 446.35 Jesse CARVER — Donnet Queensland (guest)
1 387.75 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast
2 357.25 Ben TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy

Elite Junior A Girls 1M
1 417.55 Esther QIN — Parramatta
2 382.40 Rhiannan IFFLAND — Hunter United Diving Academy
3 342.10 Bianca BRATTON — Perfect 10
4 331.10 Emma LUDOWICI — Perfect 10

Elite Junior B Boys 3M
- 429.90 Marcus GANGELL — Queensland Academy (guest)
- 427.45 Matthew BARNARD — Queensland Academy (guest)

Elite Junior B Girls 3M
1 415.45 Beth ALEXANDER — Diving Central West
- 411.90 Rebecca STAFFORD — Donnet Queensland (guest)
3 350.60 Grace ROWE — Perfect 10

Elite Junior A Boys Platform
1 419.35 Josiah PURSS — Diving North Coast
2 385.30 Angus COLLOFF — Canberra Diving Acadamy
3 363.85 Ben TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy

Elite Junior A Girls Platform
1 325.40 Emma LUDOWICI — Perfect 10
- 305.00 Bella KATEROS — HSDC/Tas (guest)
- 290.05 Bridgette SQUIRES — Donnet Queensland (guest)

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The 2009 New South Wales Diving Age Championships got off to a fresh start in sunny weather on Saturday 7th March at New Lambton Pool, near Newcastle N.S.W.

The day began with the Junior boys diving and then progressed to a display of some of the most exciting dives of the day being shown during the 16/18 year old and Elite Junior heats.

The highest score across all of the under-18s events was held by Benjamin Trabinger of the Canberra Diving Academy. Trabinger managed to score 393.55 in the Elite Junior A Boys 1m event, this score was just higher than Trabinger’s other star score which was 346.65 in the Elite Junior A Boys 3m event.

The female star diver of the day was Georgia Shaw, who won scores of 327.15 in the Elite Junior B 1M.

The Canberra Diving Academy should be proud that it’s divers managed to achieve high results across all age levels with Tiffany Cripps scoring 169.90 in the 19/Over Womens Platform.

Marlee Barber of the Playground To Podium team should also be congratulated for achieving a high score of 273.15 in the 16/18 Years Girls Platform event.

N.S.W. DIVING AGE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Elite Junior A Boys Platform
1 346.35 Benjamin TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy
16/18 Years Boys Platform
1 203.45 Chris MARSHALL — Parramatta
16/18 Years Girls Platform
1 273.15 Marlee BARBER — Playground to Podium
2 250.90 Nicole FOO — Abbotsleigh
3 248.50 Samantha THOMPSON — Diving Connections
4 213.20 Jodie COHEN — Perfect 10
5 178.95 Caitlin TAYLOR — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 2 Elite Junior B Platform

1 255.50 Callum ROOTS — Perfect 10
2 246.30 Georgia SHAW — Abbotsleigh
Event 2 14/15 Years Girls Platform
1 217.10 Jordan CALLAGHAN — Perfect 10
2 200.80 Nina WOOD — MLC
3 173.25 Bronte DAVIES-RUSSELL — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 3 19/Over Mens Platform
1 164.15 Brett AUSTINE — huda
2 0.00 Michael JENNINGS — huda (withdrew)
Event 3 19/Over Womens Platform

1 169.90 Tiffany CRIPPS — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 4 Elite Junior C Girls 3M
1 267.65 Genevieve DE LA MOTTE — MLC Burwood
Event 4 12/13 Years Boys 3M
1 230.95 Christian HOLMAN — Parramatta
2 177.60 Liam HEATHER — Hunter United Diving Academy
3 157.20 Tasman CALVER — Canberra Diving Acadamy
4 146.65 Joshua CHAPMAN — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 4 12/13 Years Girls 3M

1 225.70 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta
2 215.35 Louise POOLE — MLC
3 170.50 Lily FRAME — MLC
4 168.50 Katie OAG — Diving Connection
5 163.20 Antonia LAO — Abbotsleigh
6 157.00 Amy DUNN — MLC Burwood
7 155.05 Olivia MOULDER — MLC
8 145.05 Isabelle ALLWORTH — Playground2Podium
Event 5 11/Under Boys 1M
1 176.50 Freddie PRYOR — Parramatta
Event 5 11/Under Girls 1M

1 198.30 Elizabeth MACAROUNAS — PLC
2 157.55 Brittany OBRIEN — Diving Connections
3 156.40 Sinead MCNAMARA — Diving North Coast
4 154.75 Nicola FIORE — Perfect 10
5 148.75 Johanna VOLOS — Diving Connections
6 148.30 Olivia HILL — MLC
7 147.60 Elizabeth BARAL — Parramatta
8 132.25 Monique COLLIN — Hunter United Diving Academy
9 131.65 Claire MCCAUGHEY — Playground 2 Podium Albury
10 130.65 Victoria LEE — MLC
11 127.85 Lela JACOBSEN — Perfect 10
12 110.65 Paige OWEN — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 6 Elite Junior A Boys 3M

1 346.65 Benjamin TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 6 16/18 Years Boys 3M
1 253.00 Chris MARSHALL — Parramatta
Event 6 16/18 Years Girls 3M
1 304.45 Marlee BARBER — Playground to Podium
2 280.30 Samantha THOMPSON — Diving Connections
3 274.05 Michaela JANU — Diving Connections
4 259.05 Jodie COHEN — Perfect 10
5 240.65 Catriona LUXFORD — Abbotsleigh
6 222.00 Ally NESICH — Playground 2 Podium Albury
7 218.20 Caitlin TAYLOR — Canberra Diving Academy
8 0.00 Nicole FOO — Abbotsleigh (withdrew)
Event 7 Elite Junior B 1M

1 327.15 Georgia SHAW — Abbotsleigh
2 292.85 Callum ROOTS — Perfect 10
Event 7 14/15 Years Boys 1M
1 206.00 William SMITH — Perfect 10
Event 7 14/15 Years Girls 1M

1 228.05 Jordan CALLAGHAN — Perfect 10
2 224.70 Bronte DAVIES-RUSSELL — Hunter United Diving Academy
3 188.40 Nina WOOD — MLC
4 177.70 Michaela KITCHINGHAM — Canberra Diving Academy
5 170.10 Chelsea CAM — Diving Connections
6 156.30 Bethany TAYLOR — Canberra Diving Academy
7 143.20 Samantha CALVER — Canberra Diving Acadamy
8 137.35 Cyarn GARVEY — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 8 19/Over Mens 3M
1 269.45 Brett AUSTINE — huda
2 191.50 Michael JENNINGS — huda
Event 8 19/Over Womens 3M
1 246.80 Sara CAMERON — Canberra Diving Academy
2 232.65 Tiffany CRIPPS — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 9 13/U Springboard Boys/Mixed Synchronised

1 140.58 Christian HOLMAN + Freddie PRYOR — Parramatta
2 92.43 Joshua CHAPMAN + Tasman CALVER — Hunter United Diving Academy + Canberra
Diving Acadamy
Event 9 13/U Springboard Girls Synchronised
1 154.32 Lily FRAME + Olivia MOULDER — MLC
2 136.02 Olivia HILL + Elizabeth MACAROUNAS — MLC + PLC
3 130.65 Victoria LEE + Genevieve DE LA MOTTE — MLC + MLC Burwood
4 130.08 Elizabeth BARAL + Sinead MCNAMARA — Parramatta + Diving North Coast
5 105.36 Paige OWEN + Monique COLLIN — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 10 Elite Junior C Girls Platform

1 232.85 Genevieve DE LA MOTTE — MLC Burwood
Event 10 12/13 Years Boys Platform
1 177.70 Christian HOLMAN — Parramatta
2 139.00 Tasman CALVER — Canberra Diving Acadamy
3 125.90 Liam HEATHER — Hunter United Diving Academy
4 122.25 Joshua CHAPMAN — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 10 12/13 Years Girls Platform
1 205.65 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta
Event 11 11/Under Boys Platform

1 118.65 Freddie PRYOR — Parramatta
Event 11 11/Under Girls Platform
1 122.90 Elizabeth MACAROUNAS — PLC
- 115.40 Sinead MCNAMARA — Diving North Coast (guest)
2 94.75 Elizabeth BARAL — Parramatta
3 90.35 Victoria LEE — MLC
Event 12 19/Over Mens 1M
1 249.00 Brett AUSTINE — huda
2 174.45 Michael JENNINGS — huda
Event 12 19/Over Womens 1M

1 218.25 Tiffany CRIPPS — Canberra Diving Academy
2 211.45 Sara CAMERON — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 13 Elite Junior B Girls 3M
1 293.65 Georgia SHAW — Abbotsleigh
Event 13 14/15 Years Boys 3M
1 203.95 William SMITH — Perfect 10
Event 13 14/15 Years Girls 3M
1 262.30 Jordan CALLAGHAN — Perfect 10
2 257.35 Bronte DAVIES-RUSSELL — Hunter United Diving Academy
3 215.40 Nina WOOD — MLC
4 189.30 Michaela KITCHINGHAM — Canberra Diving Academy
5 169.15 Rebekah MCKENZIE — Parramatta
6 118.00 Samantha CALVER — Canberra Diving Acadamy
Event 14 Elite Junior A Boys 1M

1 393.55 Benjamin TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 14 16/18 Years Girls 1M
1 306.35 Catriona LUXFORD — Abbotsleigh
2 267.25 Jodie COHEN — Perfect 10
3 244.90 Marlee BARBER — Playground to Podium
4 241.40 Kate RICKARDS — Hunter United Diving Academy
5 230.20 Samantha THOMPSON — Diving Connections
6 224.35 Caitlin TAYLOR — Canberra Diving Academy
7 216.25 Ally NESICH — Playground 2 Podium Albury
8 171.90 Hillary WONG — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 15 11/Under Boys 3M

1 187.95 Freddie PRYOR — Parramatta
1 186.80 Elizabeth MACAROUNAS — PLC
2 154.95 Olivia HILL — MLC
3 150.25 Sinead MCNAMARA — Diving North Coast
4 140.60 Victoria LEE — MLC
5 136.10 Elizabeth BARAL — Parramatta
6 68.25 Paige OWEN — Hunter United Diving Academy (withdrew)
Event 16 Elite Junior C Girls 1M
1 252.55 Genevieve DE LA MOTTE — MLC Burwood
Event 16 12/13 Years Boys 1M

1 185.85 Christian HOLMAN — Parramatta
2 166.50 Liam DUMMER — Abbotsleigh
3 160.10 Joshua CHAPMAN — Hunter United Diving Academy
4 146.45 Liam HEATHER — Hunter United Diving Academy
5 137.10 Tasman CALVER — Canberra Diving Acadamy
Event 16 12/13 Years Girls 1M
1 228.95 Tamara AMBROSE — Parramatta
2 160.65 Katie OAG — Diving Connection
3 159.55 Olivia MOULDER — MLC
4 156.30 Lily FRAME — MLC
5 151.95 Natasha WELSH — Canberra Diving Academy
6 151.05 Isabelle ALLWORTH — Playground2Podium
7 149.00 Claudia GUERRERO — Perfect 10
8 138.65 Bianca DICEMBRE — MLC
9 138.60 Antonia LAO — Abbotsleigh
10 132.05 Amy DUNN — MLC Burwood
11 103.90 Lily GARVEY — Hunter United Diving Academy
Event 17 14/O Boys/Mixed 3M Synchronised

1 155.52 Brett AUSTINE + Michael JENNINGS — huda
2 125.82 Caitlin TAYLOR + Benjamin TRABINGER — Canberra Diving Academy
Event 17 14/O Girls 3M Synchronised
1 167.85 Tamara AMBROSE + Jordan CALLAGHAN — Parramatta + Perfect 10
2 149.70 Kate RICKARDS + Georgia SHAW — Hunter United Diving Academy + Abbotsleigh
3 136.23 Tiffany CRIPPS + Samantha CALVER — Canberra Diving Academy + Canberra
Diving Acadamy
4 134.97 Michaela KITCHINGHAM + Natasha WELSH — Canberra Diving Academy
5 122.94 Katie OAG + Claudia GUERRERO — Diving Connection + Perfect 10

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The Australian Open Diving Championships at Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler was opened by The Hon Chris Bombolas MP State member for Chatsworth at 1pm on Friday 27th of February. This included a march on of all the competitors including the New Zealand and Chinese teams.

He wished all the officials and competitors good luck for the championships, particularly for the FINA World Championships in Rome in July 2009, The Commonwealth Games in New Deli 2010 and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

The opening  morning’s 1 metre preliminaries saw Sharleen Stratton and Alexandra Croak coming first and second in the event.

Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham of New South Wales got his campaign got off to a good start when he blitzed the field in the men’s preliminary 1 metre springboard event with a total score of 416.8 ahead of his closest rival Ethan Warren of Queensland with 374.10.

Day 2 of the 2009 Australian Open Diving Championships continued with Matthew Mitcham (NSW) chasing his 3rd gold medal in his favourite event the Men’s 10 metre platform. At the end of today’s semi final, Mitcham was leading the field with a score of 1050.45. He will carry that score forward to the final which will be held later this afternoon. He was being pushed by Chinese diver Yang Jian, Y in second place with 1001.00.

“I’m really pleased with my form at the moment” Mitcham said. “I still have to keep my nerve to win the event today. There are 2 Chinese divers pushing me hard” he said.

Mitcham collected 2 perfect 10’s in his final dive – a 2 ½ somersault with a 2 ½ twist.

Sharleen Stratton (QLD) continued her winning form from day one with an impressive performance in the Women’s 3 metre springboard event.

At the end of the semi final, Stratton led the field with a win of 376.00 points, giving her an interim score of 732.30 and the outright lead going into this afternoon’s final.

“I am really happy and confident with the way I am performing today” she said. “The Chinese diver Fang Min is pressuring me, as is my Olympic team mate Briony Cole” Stratton said.

In 2nd place with an interim score of 665.40 is Chinese diver Fang Min, closely followed in 3rd place by Briony Cole (VIC).

At the midway point of the final day of the 2009 Australian Open Diving Championships, gold medal Olympian Matthew Mitcham (NSW)  continued his good form to lead into the final of the Men’s 3 metre springboard event.

Mitcham is on track to pick up his 4th gold medal of the meet when he takes to the springboard again.

Behind Mitcham is team mate Grant Nel (VIC) followed by Li Jin Cong of China.

In the Women’s 10 metre platform semi final, Olympian Melissa Wu (NSW) clawed back her form to lead the semi finals. She dived strongly in the semi finals to move from 3rd to 1st place, ahead of Chinese diver Li Sibei and Olympic team mate Alexandra Croak.

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