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2004
Olympic Diving Trials Men's Platform Prelims
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Ron
Kontura
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"The Rule of Caesar Begins"
After the first two rounds of diving in St. Louis, Missouri, it is Auburn Diving’s
Caesar Garcia leading the way with a total score of 647.25. Thomas Finchum, Indianapolis
Regional Training Center is in second with 620.13.
Justin Dumais led after the first round receiving 9’s on a 107b. Garcia
took over the lead in round 2 with a 6142b for 8’s and never looked back.
Consistency was the key to Garcia’s diving averaging over 75 points per
dive in the optional round. Finchum started off the trials with a 207C short
for 5’s. Maybe he was a little nervous getting going, but he settled down
and averaged over 77 points on his final 3 optional’s. Dumais
struggle with his back and gainers, going long and short on back to back dives.
Justin then settled down and “ripped’ his final 6 dives to move him
back into contention.
2000 Olympian, Mark Ruiz, never seemed to find his rhythm throughout the contest.
Mark was diving well but had to follow Caesar Garcia in the order and could not
match him on this day. The tables should turn in the finals with Mark diving
before Caesar. Ruiz also missed his 626C in the 5th round for 3’s.
The finals will begin at 6:30pm Saturday night and can be seen on Live on NBC
Sports.
-Ron Kontura |
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