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WINDSOR, Ont. -- Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal and
Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., earned their first
gold medal on the FINA World Series diving circuit
Friday in womens 10-metre tower. Benfeito and Filion,
the Olympic bronze medallists and currently ranked
second in the world, totalled 330.75 points. Sarah
Barrow and Tonia Couch of Britain followed for silver
at 311.10 and Emily Boyd and Lara Tarvit of Australia
were third at 308.58. "Its really incredible to win an
international gold medal at home," said Benfeito. "Its
something we dont experience very often. Everything we
worked on in practice showed in our performance today.
Its very motivating for our big events coming up this
summer. We know what we need to improve and we are
going to focus on that." Xiaohui Huang and Jie Lian of
China withdrew after their first dive due to an
injury. "They are a team that generally scores in the
330 point area so we are pleased to be around that
score as well," said Benfeito. "It shows we are
closing in on the Chinese." Jennifer Abel of Laval and
Pamela Ware of Beloeil, Que., meanwhile came within
0.15 points of a powerful Chinese pair in a thrilling
three-metre synchro final for the silver. It went down
to the final dive. Han Wang and He Zi of China took
the gold at 326.40, Abel and Ware followed with a
personal best 326.25 and Tania Cagnotto and Francesca
Dallape of Italy were third at 308.10. "Every dive
went very well and we feel great to get a points
record," said Ware in her second-year diving with
Abel, an Olympic medallist in 2012. "Weve never been
this close to a top Chinese team before." Zi won the
Olympic gold medal on three-metre synchro with Wu
Minxia in 2012 and Wang was a double medallist at last
years world championships. The Chinese led after the
first three rounds but the Canadians pulled ahead in
the fourth when they nailed their forward two and
half, the most difficult on their list, for 8.5s and
9.0s to pull ahead and set up a dramatic finish. "I
was glad to do that dive well when it counted," said
Ware. "Its been very stable for Jen but I had been
inconsistent in practice." Yue Lin and Yuan Cao of
China won both the mens three-metre and 10-metre
synchro events. No Canadians were entered. Competition
continues through to Sunday at the Windsor
International Aquatic and Training Centre. It is the
first time Canada hosts a World Series competition.
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