By M. Duncan Scott\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
ATHENS, Greece, August 28. PRELIMINARY leader Mathew Helm (AUS) lead qualifing for the finals by over 12 points, but at this point he would surely be happy to trade totals with world champion Alexandre Despatie (CAN).\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Helm had a strong lead in the preliminary round and maintained a double-digit lead through the semifinals earlier today as the field was cut from 18 to 12 for the final which will be tonight at 9:00 Athens time.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, now the preliminary score melts away and the semifinal round remains as the basis for the final placements as the scores from the evening session will be added to the semi-final scoring to give the final placements, including the medal winners. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Thus, once into the final, the leaders are those with the strongest semi-final scores, and what a barnburner seems to be developing!! \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Alexander Despatie\tCanada\t\t209.46
\nMathew Helm\t\tAustralia\t209.34
\nLian Tian\t\tChina\t\t209.04
\nJia Hu\t\t\tChina\t\t207.3\t\t<\/p>\n
The balance of the field starts over 12 points back, lead by Leon Taylor of Great Britain.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Chinese have been dominanted diving in the Games so far, and it appears Lian Tian has let it go to his head a bit as he was \u201ctalking smack\u201d in comments released by event orgainzers from the interview room after the semi-final: "This was only a preliminary, so the result has no significance at all. I have definitely improved, compared to yesterday's performance. I am absolutely confident that I am going to win tonight."\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Official results:
\nOlympic Aquatic Centre – SAT 28 AUG 2004 – Start Time: 12:00
\nRank\tName\tNOC\tPrelim Points\tSemi-final Points\tTotal Points\tPoints Behind\tQualified
\n1\tHELM\u00a0 Mathew\t\u00a0AUS\t513.06\t209.34\t722.4\t\tQ
\n2\tDESPATIE\u00a0 Alexandre\t\u00a0CAN\t500.55\t209.46\t710.01\t12.39\tQ
\n3\tTIAN\u00a0 Liang\t\u00a0CHN\t481.47\t209.04\t690.51\t31.89\tQ
\n4\tHU\u00a0 Jia\t\u00a0CHN\t463.44\t207.3\t670.74\t51.66\tQ
\n5\tNEWBERY\u00a0 Robert\t\u00a0AUS\t461.91\t193.98\t655.89\t66.51\tQ
\n6\tWATERFIELD\u00a0 Peter\t\u00a0GBR\t474.03\t180.51\t654.54\t67.86\tQ
\n7\tPACHECO\u00a0 Rommel\t\u00a0MEX\t463.47\t182.79\t646.26\t76.14\tQ
\n8\tDOBROSKOK\u00a0 Dmitry\t\u00a0RUS\t445.68\t189.87\t635.55\t86.85\tQ
\n9\tTAYLOR\u00a0 Leon\t\u00a0GBR\t433.38\t195.09\t628.47\t93.93\tQ
\n10\tMEYER\u00a0 Heiko\t\u00a0GER\t440.85\t184.35\t625.2\t97.2\tQ
\n11\tURAN SALAZAR Juan\u00a0 G.\t\u00a0COL\t439.77\t177.27\t617.04\t105.36\tQ
\n12\tDELL'UOMO\u00a0 Francesco\t\u00a0ITA\t426.12\t184.29\t610.41\t111.99\tQ
\n13\tGALPERIN\u00a0 Gleb\t\u00a0RUS\t427.68\t179.94\t607.62\t114.78
\n14\tKALEC\u00a0 Christopher\t\u00a0CAN\t429.72\t177.12\t606.84\t115.56
\n15\tCHOE Hyong\u00a0 Gil\t\u00a0PRK\t419.58\t180.78\t600.36\t122.04
\n16\tZAKHAROV\u00a0 Anton\t\u00a0UKR\t420.3\t175.77\t596.07\t126.33
\n17\tPAK Yong\u00a0 Ryong\t\u00a0PRK\t414.33\t181.68\t596.01\t126.39
\n18\tADAM\u00a0 Tony\t\u00a0GER\t411.3\t178.35\t589.65\t132.75\t<\/p>\n
Legend:
\nQ – Qualified<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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