Deja-Wu for Melissa
22/08/2008 12:22 AM
It was a sense of deja-vu for Melissa Wu in the women's 10m platform final on Thursday night, with the Australian diver costing herself any chance of a medal with one poor dive.
Similar to her preliminary round and semi-final, Wu failed to master her back three-and-a-half somersault with tuck, scoring a mere 24.75 from the judges.
The 16-year-old was sitting in fourth position at the time and could have snuck in for a bronze medal if she had mastered the tough dive.
But it wasn't to be, with Wu finishing sixth overall with a total score of 338.15, with Chinese diver Ruolin Chen taking gold.
Chen trailed Canada's Emilie Heymans with one dive to go, but nailed a perfect back three-and-a-half somersault with tuck which scored 100.30 from the judges.
Heymans had to settle for silver, with China's Xin Wang grabbing bronze after finishing third.