Rio Olympics 2016: Jack Laugher in Yorkshire diving trio to reach 3m springboard final

Jack Laugher made it through a wind-affected preliminary round of the 3m springboard to keep his hopes of a second Olympic gold medal alive.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Aug 2016, 22:33 BST
Updated 16th Aug 2016, 12:05 BST

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Jack Laugher spins through the air in Rio (Photo: PA)Jack Laugher spins through the air in Rio (Photo: PA)
Jack Laugher spins through the air in Rio (Photo: PA)

Laugher finished seventh as three of Yorkshire's four representatives reached Tuesday's semi-finals.

China's Cao Yuan topped the leaderboard on 498.70 points at a wind-swept Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, which caused problems for several leading competitors.

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Laugher, who won 3m synchronised gold alongside Chris Mears last Wednesday, put a tentative start and a poor fifth dive behind him to advance.

The 21-year-old, from Ripon, totalled 439.95, scoring his highest mark of 88.40 in the third round.

Dingley switched nationalities to Ireland to improve his chances of reaching Rio and became the country's first diving representative at an Olympics for 58 years.

The Harrogate-born diver dropped his fifth dive for just 48.00 points but recovered in the final round to rise into 13th place with a total of 399.80.

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City of Leeds diver Yona Knight-Wisdom, who competes for Jamaica, produced a solid display throughout and scored 416.55 for 11th.

Freddie Woodward failed to make the semi-finals (Photo: PA)Freddie Woodward failed to make the semi-finals (Photo: PA)
Freddie Woodward failed to make the semi-finals (Photo: PA)

However, the competition saw a number of shock exits as wind caused havoc with divers' take-offs.

Laugher's British teammate Freddie Woodward just missed out on a top 18 place as he placed 19th with a score of 388.15 across his six dives.

2015 world champion Chao He (380.35) joined Woodward in exiting the competition however defending champion Ilia Zakharov produced a final score of 85.50 points to squeek through.

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