(Berlin) Canada’s Caeli McKay and Kate Miller won silver in the synchronized 10-metre platform event on Friday at the Diving World Cup Final in Berlin, while their compatriots Mia Vallée and Pamela Ware followed suit in the synchronized three-metre event.
McKay and Miller were in their first competition together. In Miller’s case, it was his first senior competition.
Holding fourth place provisionally after their first dive, McKay and Miller managed to move up a spot with three good dives before the final jump.
They continued their momentum on their last visit to the platform. McKay and Miller scored 69.12 points to swell their total to 288. This put them ahead of Britons Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini Sireix (285.90) for second place.
China’s Hongchan Quan and Yuxi Chen soared above the competition with a score of 362.76 points.
At the recent World Championships, McKay and Miller finished eighth.
McKay will be back in action in Berlin on Saturday in the individual 10m platform event. For his part, Bryden Hattie will qualify for the three-metre springboard.
For their part, Vallée and Ware found themselves in fifth place after three dives, but they were able to do everything to turn things around afterwards.
They scored 65.10 and 69.30 points in their last two runs on the springboard to climb to second place and claim the silver medal, their best result since the start of their association last May. .
The two Quebecers were on the third step of the podium at the Montreal World Cup last May, in their very first competition together. However, things were more difficult at the World Championships a few weeks ago, when they took fifth place.
