Wednesday, August 16, 2000 Hartley wins gold at
World Junior Diving Championships
Canadian Sport News
CALGARY -- Blythe Hartley of North Vancouver, B.C.,
successfully defended her women's one-metre title Wednesday at the world junior diving
championships while her Olympic teammate Alexandre Despatie of Montreal took silver on
three-metres.
On women's one-metre, Hartley, 19, totalled 400.57 points
for the win. Her best dive was her first one in the final, an inward 11/2 which earned her
a string of 8.0s from the judges. Heike Fisher of Germany was second at 386.01 and Liesl
Ischia of Australia third at 378.11.
"I think could have dove a bit better but I'm happy to
win," said the Calgary-based Hartley, who'll compete on three-metre and synchronized
three-metre at the Sydney Games next month. "The one-metre is not an event I've been
concentrating on lately. However the lack of preparation is compensated by the fact I'm
competing in my home pool. That's very nice."
Competition continues Thursday with preliminaries on
women's platform in both age groups.
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