Advanced Search

The story appears on

Page A16

July 31, 2017

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Sports » Diving

Lo Bue nets high diving gold for US

Source: Agencies | 00:01 UTC+8 July 31, 2017 | Print Edition

STEVE Lo Bue admitted to a “surreal moment” as he became the first American to win gold in the men’s 27- meter high diving on the last day of the FINA world championships yesterday.

Lo Bue’s career-high victory came two years after he was hailed as a “miracle man” after hitting his head on the diving platform at a cliff diving event in France.

The 32-year-old rallied from fourth place after the first two rounds to claim gold with 397.15 points at a specially-constructed six-meter pool in the River Danube.

He beat Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic by 6.25 points, with Alessandro De Rose of Italy taking bronze.

“When hundreds of hours of training come together in the three seconds it takes to jump from 27m, I couldn’t be happier,” Lo Bue said.

“It is a surreal moment and I’m looking forward to a nice month of rest with my family before competing again.”

In 2015, the Florida-based diver hit his head during a routine in La Rochelle but completed the dive and emerged from the competition with just a facial cut and bandage over his left eye.

Lo Bue’s compatriot Andy Jones came fourth, while the previous two world champions — Britain’s Gary Hunt (2015), and Colombia’s Orlando Duque (2013) — finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Diving



 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend