With a string of perfect 10s, Laura Wilkinson and Troy Dumais appear to be Beijing bound.
Wilkinson, who won gold on the 10-meter platform at the 2000 Olympics, showed she’s still the boss of the tower at the U.S. Olympic trials, holding off a challenger half her age in the semifinals Friday night.
The 30-year-old Texan received at least one 10 on three of her five dives and finished with 813.20 points. She had a comfortable advantage over 15-year-old Haley Ishimatsu, who finished with four 10s and the highest-scoring dive of the night but was still only second at 757.55.
Wilkinson can lock up her third trip to the Olympics in the finals Sunday.
Wilkinson, Dumais put together perfect 10s at Olympic trials – AP
This is a surprise. Many were expecting the next superstar, Haley, to beat the veteran at Trials.
Click through to the sportsnetwork YouTube channel to see Laura’s best dive on video.
Not nearly so much a surprise was to see the ever elegant Troy Dumais star at Trials:
Semifinals, Springboard, on his last dive, Troy Dumais scored the highest dive of the night, a 99.75 …
See his best dive on YouTube.
Troy has already clinched an Olympic berth. This will be his 3rd Games.
UPDATE: On Saturday, Wilkinson and Christina Loukas locked up Olympic berths as well. The rest of the U.S. diving team will be selected at training camp.
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