Two U.S. Diver Advance to Finals in Beijing

By Olivia Dodson
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

BEIJING, CHINA (August 17, 2008) Conroe, Texas' Nancilea Foster and Christina Loukas of Riverwoods, Illinois advanced to today's final in the women's 3m springboard as a result of the semi-final competition which was held Saturday evening at the National Aquatics Center.

Foster was fourth with a score of 338.90, 59.65 points behind the leader, Guo Jingjing of China. Loukas was seventh with a 329.00.

Julia Pakhalina of Russia, who trains at the University of Houston under coach Jane Figueiredo was second with a 383.50, while China's Wu Minxia was third at 345.30.

The finals are scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening, August 17.