Ireland’s Ciara McGing has placed 26th overall in the preliminaries of the Platform (10M) at the World Aquatics Championships, missing out on a semi-final spot and opportunity of assuring a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
An error in the 22-year-old’s third dive saw her score just 28 points for a reverse 2 ½ somersaults, and ultimately cost her a place in the semi-final, with just 20 points excluding her from the required top-eighteen slots.
𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗵𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆
Ciara McGing has placed 26th in the prelims of the Platform with a score of 243.20
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McGing’s highest scores came from her final two dives, where she scored 62.40 points for a back 2 ½ somersaults, 1 ½ twists and 58 points for a back two and a half somersaults.
Jake Passmore will be the next Irish athlete in action when he takes to the 3M Springboard on Tuesday morning.
Just 18-years-of age, Passmore made his senior World debut in Fukuoka in 2023, finishing in 45th position overall. The World junior silver medallist will be looking to improve on that position to secure a top eighteen place and be in with a chance to make the final (top 12), where Paris 2024 qualification is on the line.
Seventy-one men will line up for the preliminaries, with the event set to take close to six hours to complete.
Daily reports will issue from Doha.
𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 // 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚
HERE. WE. GO!
Ciara McGing gets the 2024 World Championships underway for #TeamIreland tomorrow morning (07.03 IRL) in the Platform Prelims ☘️
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Diving Results
Ciara McGing Platform Preliminary 243.20 (26th)
Diving Schedule
Tuesday 6th February 3M Springboard Preliminaries Jake Passmore
Thursday 8th February 3M Springboard Preliminaries Clare Cryan
Saturday 10th February Mixed 3M Synchro Final Clare Cryan & Jake Passmore
2024 World Aquatics Championships, Doha, Qatar - Diving
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Clare Cryan City of Sheffield Thomas Owens
Ciara McGing Ohio State University Justin Sochor
Jake Passmore City of Leeds Marc Holdsworth
2024 World Aquatics Championships (50m), Doha, Qatar - Swimming
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Victoria Catterson National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Eoin Corby National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Grace Davison Ards SC Curtis Coulter
Tom Fannon National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Conor Ferguson Loughborough University Ian Hulme
Maria Godden National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Darragh Greene National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Max McCusker Millfield School Ryan Livingstone
Mona McSharry University of Tennessee Matt Kredich
Erin Riordan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Shane Ryan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
John Shortt National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Daniel Wiffen Loughborough University Andi Manley
Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships will take place from Sunday 11th to Sunday 18th February 2024.
Issued by Swim Ireland, whose Performance Programme is supported and funded by Sport Ireland & Sport Northern Ireland.
