Troy Dumais & Kristian Ipsen win at World Cup

From TeamUSA.org.

Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen won the silver medal in the men’s synchronized 3-meter contest Thursday at the FINA Diving World Cup, the top international competition of the 2010 season.

Dumais and Ipsen scored 440.01 points to finish second to the Chinese team of Qin Kai and Luo Yutong, who won with 460.62 points. Ukraine’s Illya Kvasha and Oleks Prygorov, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalists, were third at 432.30.

Dumais and Ipsen moved from fourth to second with two solid dives in the final two rounds. Heading into the last round, Ukraine was in second place, with the United States three points back and Canada six points behind the U.S.

The Canadians scored 78 points on their last dive, so Dumais and Ipsen needed 72 points to be assured a spot on the podium. They came through with 87 points on their final dive, a reverse 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists. Kvasha and Prygorov followed with the same dive but could not match the U.S., giving Ipsen and Dumais the silver medal.

“It was a great contest. It was close, and everybody was diving well. We had fun and enjoyed ourselves,” said Dumais, who also won a silver medal with Ipsen at the 2009 World Championships.

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News: Troy wins at Diving Grand Prix

Troy won two medals at the 2010 AT&T Diving Granz Prix. Congratulations.

From USA Today.

American Troy Dumais was second at 506.65 in the men's 3-meter springboard final, and won the synchronized men's 3-meter springboard with partner Kristian Ipsen.

"I came in here to have some fun and do six solid dives and wherever I came out, it came out," Dumais said. "Every time you have these contests it's a dogfight and today he was better than I was and that's fine.

"I go home, work harder, train harder, and do better next time."

The 17-year-old Ipsen praised Dumais.

"He's been through everything and it's not just all his diving techniques that he knows," Ipsen said. "It's how to deal with meet situations, and pressure situations, that I can learn from. He's helped me so much and it's been awesome."

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