Else Praasterink Advances to Olympic Finals in 10M Platform Diving
August 05, 2024 | Swimming & Diving
Else is the first-ever Cardinal diver to compete at the Olympics and now has advanced through the prelims, semis to the finals
PARIS --Â University of Louisville diver Else Praasterink advanced to the finals of the 10M Platform at the La Defense Arena at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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 After placing 15th in preliminaries with a score of 281.60, Praasterink finished 12th to snag a slot in the finals. The first-ever Louisville Cardinal diver to compete at the Olympics, she is also now the only one to reach the finals.
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Diving for her native Netherlands, she scored a 56.55 on her 205B and a 58.80 on her 305C. She scored a 58.50 on her 107B and put up a 62.40 on her 407C on her highest difficulty dive (3.2). She boarded a 56.55 on her 5152B on her final dive.
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Seventeen-year-old Chinese diver Hongchan Quan put up a 421.05 and teammate 18-year-old Yuxi Quan (403.05) qualified as the top two point scorers and were  54 points ahead of the third place diver and 98 ahead of the fourth place qualifier.
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Finals begin at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday on Peacock.
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WATCH THE CARDS
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/swimming
RESULTS
https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2943/olympic-games-paris-2024/results?discipline=SW&disciplines=SW
SCHEDULE
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/swimming?day=27-july
CARDINALS IN PARIS
Diving (August 5)
Else Praasterink – Netherlands (10M Platform)
SWIMMING (July 27 – August 4)
Name – Country –Date (event)
Nicolas Albiero – Brazil 7/30 (200 Butterfly)
Andrej Barna – Serbia 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay); 8/1 (50 free)
Daria Golovaty – Israel 8/1: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Denis Loktev – Israel 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay); 7/28 (200 Freestyle)  7/30: 4x200 Freestyle Relay
Denis Petrashov – Kyrgyzstan  7/27 (100 Breaststroke); 7/30 200 Breaststroke
Murilo Sartori – Brazil 7/30: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Ilia Sibirtsev – Uzbekistan 7/29  800 FreestyleÂ
Evgenii Somov – Neutral  7/27 (100 Breaststroke); 8/1 (50 Freestyle)
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 After placing 15th in preliminaries with a score of 281.60, Praasterink finished 12th to snag a slot in the finals. The first-ever Louisville Cardinal diver to compete at the Olympics, she is also now the only one to reach the finals.
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Diving for her native Netherlands, she scored a 56.55 on her 205B and a 58.80 on her 305C. She scored a 58.50 on her 107B and put up a 62.40 on her 407C on her highest difficulty dive (3.2). She boarded a 56.55 on her 5152B on her final dive.
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Seventeen-year-old Chinese diver Hongchan Quan put up a 421.05 and teammate 18-year-old Yuxi Quan (403.05) qualified as the top two point scorers and were  54 points ahead of the third place diver and 98 ahead of the fourth place qualifier.
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Finals begin at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday on Peacock.
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WATCH THE CARDS
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/swimming
RESULTS
https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2943/olympic-games-paris-2024/results?discipline=SW&disciplines=SW
SCHEDULE
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/swimming?day=27-july
CARDINALS IN PARIS
Diving (August 5)
Else Praasterink – Netherlands (10M Platform)
SWIMMING (July 27 – August 4)
Name – Country –Date (event)
Nicolas Albiero – Brazil 7/30 (200 Butterfly)
Andrej Barna – Serbia 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay); 8/1 (50 free)
Daria Golovaty – Israel 8/1: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Denis Loktev – Israel 7/27 (4x100 Freestyle Relay); 7/28 (200 Freestyle)  7/30: 4x200 Freestyle Relay
Denis Petrashov – Kyrgyzstan  7/27 (100 Breaststroke); 7/30 200 Breaststroke
Murilo Sartori – Brazil 7/30: (4x200 Freestyle Relay)
Ilia Sibirtsev – Uzbekistan 7/29  800 FreestyleÂ
Evgenii Somov – Neutral  7/27 (100 Breaststroke); 8/1 (50 Freestyle)
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