Passmore Makes Games Debut in Paris
Jake Passmore came agonisingly close to making the semi-final in the Men’s 3M Springboard on his Olympic debut in Paris this morning. With a total score of 360.90, Passmore was just 2.25 points off the top eighteen qualification for the semi-final, ultimately placing 21st overall.
The youngest competitor in the field, Passmore started with a forward 3 ½ somersaults, which would turn out to be his highest scoring dive with 68.20 points. The 19-year-old was consistent in the first four dives adding scores of 64.50, 63.00 and 66.30 for dives two, three and four putting himself right in contention at eleventh place overall.
Mistakes however in dives five and six cost Passmore with scores of 49.40 and 49.50 moving him down the rankings and just outside the qualification places.
Passmore has just completed his first year in the senior diving ranks and can take huge experience from his first Games.
Asked how he felt after the preliminaries Passmore said ‘I don’t really know, mixed emotions, could have been better, could have been worse, but I can’t really expect anything from my first Olympics, hopefully I’ve got a few more in the tank. It didn’t feel like it was going great, but it didn’t feel like it was going bad, just steady which is all I can really ask for.’
On his Olympic experience he said ‘It’s been great, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it and that competition is probably the best I’ve felt, just in general, but yeah, it’s been good.’
Results:
Men 3m Springboard Jake Passmore 360.90
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