Sunday, August 12, 2012

Tom Daley qualifies for 10m platform final after ... - BBC World News

Tom Daley shook off any concerns he was out of form after booking a place in tonight?s 10m platform final by finishing fourth in his semi-final. Tom Daley finished fourth in the semi-finals to qualify for the 10m platform final (Picture: Reuters) Daley was back to his best with a total score of exactly 521 points as he finished behind China?s Qiu Bo and Lin Yue, and American David Boudia. The 18-year-old would have been nervous heading into this morning?s semi-finals following his poor show in the preliminary round yesterday. Daley admitted the preliminaries were ?far too close? after havign to rely on his final dive to see him through. But he made no mistake with his dives today and improved with nearly every one. After a steady start, the teenager produced his best dive in the fourth round with a score of 91.80 to move into fourth place. And he held his nerve to score in the high 80s in his two last dives and admitted he was relieved to make the final. Tom Daley will head into tonight?s final back in good form (Picture: Getty Images) ?That was a lot better than last night ? that?s the thing with diving, anything can happen,? said Daley. ?It feels weird going through to another competition after the disappointment of the synchro. ?Last night was tough to get through the competition but I got through to the semi-final and now I?m through to the final. ?I?m gradually getting sharper, the hardest part is done in qualifying for the finals. ?It?s hard when you?re diving for no medals but you need to do enough to qualify.? While Daley handled the pressure superbly, defending Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham faulted his last dive and failed to make tonight?s final. The omission of the Australian will mean Qui of China, who won the semi-final, will be Daley?s main rival in tonight?s final which gets underway at 8.30pm in the Aquatics Centre. PICTURES: 10m platform diving

Source: http://bbc-worldnews.net/2012/08/tom-daley-qualifies-for-10m-platform-final-after-preliminary-round-nerves/

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