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Cassiel closes out 10m Platform with fourth
Published Sat 10 Aug 2024
An incredibly tight competition in the Men’s 10m Platform final has seen Cassiel Rousseau finish in fourth place.
Cassiel, the 2023 World Champion and the first Australian male to achieve the feat, scored 481.00 in the last event of the diving competition.
It was a memorable final for competitors and spectators alike, with several changes on the ranking board throughout the six rounds of dives ensuring that the medals were up for contention until the very end.
Opening strong with a tuck reverse 3½ somersault, he set his intentions on diving to the best of his capabilities, scoring 86.70 and standing in third at the end of the round.
However, his competitors rose to the challenge, putting forth their own high scoring dives in a race that kept that competition in a close finish until the final two rounds.
His second to last dive pushed Cassiel from sixth up into fifth position with a score of 82.50, as the competition drew closer ahead of the final round.
It was Cassiel’s final round dive, a tuck forward 4½ somersault and the most difficult of his repertoire, that earned him a score of 92.50, seeing him climb the ranks to lock in fourth.
