Canada's Emilie Heymans wins gold on tower at diving Grand
Prix
MADRID- Emilie Heymans of St-Lambert, Que., won Canada.s second gold medal
in two days on Friday as she placed first on women.s 10-metre tower at a Grand
Prix diving competition.
Heymans compiled 352.56 points for a decisive win with Pei Liang of China second
at 328.50 and Olena Zhupina of the Ukraine third at 318.00.
The highlight in the final for Heymans was her reverse 3.5 on which she earned
a whopping 86 points. She scored 8.5.s and 9.0.s on the dive and is the only
woman in the world that executes it in competition.
It.s hard to get high marks at this level of competition but Emilie came through,.
said veteran Canadian coach Herb Flewelling of Edmonton. .The reverse is a
new dive for her this year and it has given her some trouble. She's feeling
tired from all the recent competitions but this is only making her tougher
and better under pressure situations…
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