2000 Olympic gold medalist Laura Wilkinson finished fifth in the women’s platform preliminaries on Wednesday night at the National Aquatics Center. Teammate Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach) finished 10th. Both divers are among the 18 athletes who are advancing to Thursday morning's semifinals at the Beijing Games. Wilkinson finished with 370.70 points, Ishimatsu, with 329.00. China’s Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin led the field with 428.80 and 420.30 points, respectively. Wilkinson tallied 81 points on her first dive and scored more than 70 points on three of her remaining four dives. She also became the first woman to perform a back 3 ½ pike at ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Laura Wilkinson earned her third trip to the Olympics, holding off 15-year-old Haley Ishimatsu on 10-meter platform at the U.S. diving trials.
Haley Ishimatsu waves from the podium after the women's 10-meter platform diving competition during the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro last year.
