Clare Cryan showed excellent form at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan today but missed out on the final and a place in the Olmypics in the 3 metre Springboard event.
Cryan put on a brilliant display in this morning's preliminaries, finishing in ninth spot against a strong field of 50 divers. Scoring 289.55 from five dives, Cryan’s best dive came from a forward 2 ½ somersaults, 1 ½ twists, scoring 62 points.
With just the top 18 advancing to the semi-final, Cryan was comfortably through to her first 3M World Championships semi-final.
Stakrs were high in the semi-final with, with Paris 2024 places available for the top 12 divers who would advance to the final.
The 29-year-old completed the same set of dives, in the same order, once again her highest points coming from her opening dive for 61.50 points. After five dives, Cryan scored a total of 283.45 to finish in 17th place, just eight points off a place in the final.
Cryan said: "I had great fun competing. It was another busy and long prelim, but it was about keeping consistent which I did and had great fun doing. Making the semi-final is something I’ve known I’m capable of but never achieved so that was really special.
"The stakes were high in the semi for the quota spots, but to be honest, as I have been telling myself all day, one step at a time. It's another consistent five dives which I can be happy about, I was just lacking that little extra sparkle today."
Cryan will have a second opportunity at Olympic Games qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in February in Doha, Qatar.
She will return to action alongside teammate Jake Passmore on Saturday for the final diving event, the Mixed 3M Synchro final.
