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Canadian diver Caeli McKay advances to Olympic women’s 10m platform final

Canadian diver Caeli McKay will be competing in the women’s 10-metre platform final at the Paris Olympics.

McKay, of Calgary, finished seventh out of 18 in the semifinal on Monday after scoring a total of 308.85 points over five dives at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, France.

China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi topped the scoreboard with 421.05 and 403.05, respectively, with Britain’s Andrea Spendolini Sirieix coming in third with 367.00.

The top 12 advanced to Tuesday’s final. The scores from the semifinal do not carry over but determine the diving order, which will be the reverse of the semifinal ranking.

Watch live coverage of the final on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Olympics app and CBC Gem, starting at 9 a.m. ET.

Ottawa’s Kate Miller was eliminated in the preliminary round earlier on Monday, coming in 20th — two spots below the cutoff — with a score of 266.30.

Earlier this week, McKay and Miller fell just short of the podium with a fourth-place finish in women’s 10-metre synchronized diving.

WATCH l Full replay of women’s 10m platform semifinal:

Diving – Women’s 10m Platform Semifinal

We head to the Aquatics Centre to witness the women’s 10m platform semifinal in diving.

Miroslaw breaks own sport climbing world record twice

Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland twice broke her own sport climbing world record in the women’s speed event on Monday in Paris.

Miroslaw set a time of 6.21 seconds in her first qualification run, which was .03 seconds faster than her own previous world record set in a European qualifier in Rome in 2023.

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She was even better in her second run with a time of 6.06.

The men’s record in speed is 4.79, set by American Samuel Watson in April at the Wujiang World Cup.

Other Canadian results:

  • Canadian wrestler Linda Morais lost 8-2 to Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria in the women’s freestyle -68kg round of 16.

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