Rostock (LEN) – For the first time after 65 years, the French women have claimed their first European diving medal. Thanks to her silver medal in the 10m platform (323.60 points) at the Arena European Championships Diving, Laura Marino ended the dry spell for the “Equipe Tricolore”. It was at the 1950 Europeans in Vienna, that Nicole Pelissard (10m platform) and Madeline Moreau (3m springboard) claimed the last medals for France – both earned gold.
Rostock (LEN) – With so far 14 European Championship titles to her name, Italy’s Tania Cagnotto is one of the most successful divers in Europe. At the Arena European Championships Diving in Rostock she might well add another three medals to her collection: in the 1m springboard on Friday as well as in the synchronized 3m springboard together with her partner Francesca Dallapè on Saturday. On Sunday she might claim a medal in the 3m springboard.
Should Cagnotto really achieve this feat, it would be her seventh consecutive European gold medal in the synchronized 3m springboard event since 2009. Only Germany’s Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding boast a similar winning series in the synchronized 10m platform events. The two hope to claim their eighth title in a row on Sunday.
Rostock Blech statt Gold: Wassersprung-Weltmeister Patrick Hausding hat bei der Heim-EM in Rostock den anvisierten Sieg und den ersten Olympia-Quotenplatz vom 3-m-Brett klar verpasst. Der Titelverteidiger musste sich im Finale gestern nach zwei verpatzten Schlusssprüngen mit dem für ihn enttäuschenden fünften Platz zufriedengeben. Eine ungewohnte Situation für den erfolgsverwöhnten, aber auch müden Vorspringer.
Wasserspringer-EM: Hausding nur Fünfter. Deutsches Synchron-Duo Vierte.
Rostock — Die erfolgverwöhnten Wasserspringer patzen ausgerechnet bei der Heim-EM in Rostock. Titelverteidiger Patrick Hausding kam vom Drei-Meter-Brett nur auf Platz fünf, das Synchron-Duo My Phan/Maria Kurjo wurde vom Turm Vierte im Fünfer-Feld — 1,59 Punkte fehlten zur Medaille. Nach fünf von elf Wettbewerben steht bislang nur Team-Silber zu Buche; in beiden Vorjahren waren es am Ende je zehn Medaillen gewesen.
Gold: Iuliia Prokopchuk, UKR – 327.50
Iuliia Prokopchuk: “I was very nervous, especially ahead of the last dive. I knew I had to deliver a really good dive because it was a close competition. I’ve still got difficulties to believe in my victory.”
Gold: Matthieu Rosset, FRA – 433.80
Matthieu Rosset: “After three bronze medals in the 1m event I’m very happy about today’s victory. It was a rather large winning margin – something I didn’t really reckon with. Today’s success will give me a lot of confidence for the upcoming 3m.”
Rostock (LEN) – While all European nations are represented by their top athletes at the Arena European Diving Championships in Rostock, Great Britain has entered a team with possible candidates for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo – and was faced with criticism. “We have three different teams: The A team, the B team with divers from the A and junior team, and finally the junior team,” British diving high performance manager Kim White explained the selection process. “Additionally, we direct our focus on just one annual highlight – and this year it’s the World Championships in Kazan,” White added.
Rostock (LEN) – Delivering a superior performance, Matthieu Rosset of France took the title in the first individual event at the Arena European Diving Championships in Rostock. Rosset won the 1m springboard with a large margin, scoring a total of 433.800 points, ahead of Russia’s Evgenii Novoselov (396.05) and Ukraine’s Oleg Kolodiy (391.15). Defending champion Patrick Hausding of Germany did not compete in this event.
Rostock Zwei zerplatzte Medaillenträume und eine missglückte Premiere für das EM-Küken: Für die deutschen Wasserspringer verlief der zweite Wettkampftag der Europameisterschaften in der Rostocker Neptun-Schwimmhalle enttäuschend. Nach Silber zum Auftakt im Teamwettbewerb verpasste Turmspringerin Maria Kurjo gestern ebenso deutlich Edelmetall wie Oliver Homuth vom 1-m-Brett.
