Jennifer Abel adds 2 medals to her haul at Diving World Series
Canadian takes bronze in 3m springboard, pairs with Imbeau-Dulac for mixed synchro gold
Jennifer Abel and Francois Imbeau-Dulac won the mixed three-metre synchro springboard on Sunday at the fourth and final diving World Series event.
It is the second straight week the Canadian pair captured gold together. They also won last week in Montreal.
"We didn't change anything in our routine," said Imbeau-Dulac, from Saint-Lazare, Que., "We still talked during the entire event, we just stayed the Jennifer and Francois team just like we normally do, even though we were the last divers."
The Canadians scored 324.96 points. Grace Reid and Tom Daley of Great Britain, who were only 0.06 points behind Abel and Imbeau-Dulac heading into the fifth and final dive, won silver with 317.70 points.
Tina Punzel and Lou Massenberg of Germany won bronze.
"I am really happy to finish with a gold, especially beside Francois," said Abel, a native of Laval, Que., "All the teams were doing great dives for over 70-points so we had no space to miss, but when I do synchro with him we can count on each other."
Earlier in the night, Abel won bronze in the women's three-metre springboard, with 338.55 points.
It is her third bronze of the diving World Series season.
"I am really happy with my individual performance. I was able to do what Arturo (Miranda, coach) was asking me to do," said Abel. "I unfortunately missed my second dive, but my other dives were good enough for the bronze."
Olympic champion Tingmao Shi of China, won the event, scoring 374.35 points. China's Han Wang collected 355.05 points for silver medal.
Montreal's Pamela Ware, a 2016 Olympian, was fifth with 321.65 points.
Vincent Riendeau of Pointe-Claire, Que., was the other Canadian in action. He finished fifth in the men's 10-metre platform final (448.50 points).