Tingmao storms into final, Ware suffers surprise exit

Oops!: Canada’s Pamela Ware slips from the board on her final dive, resulting in a failed dive, during the women’s 3m springboard diving semi-final. — AFP

TOKYO: China’s Shi Tingmao advanced to the women’s 3m springboard diving finals in first place at the Tokyo Games, while two-time Olympian Pamela Ware of Canada suffered a surprise exit after she missed her last attempt.

The 29-year-old Tingmao finished the first round in seventh, but clawed her way back up to first place, ending with 371.45 points, more than 24 points ahead of her synchronised diving partner Wang Han in second at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.