Diving: Singapore's Jonathan Chan bows out of men's 10m platform at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO — Diver Jonathan Chan finished 26th out of 29 divers in the men’s 10m platform preliminary round at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday (Aug 6).

Chan, who was the first diver in Singapore’s history to make the cut for the Olympics, did not progress to the semi-final of the event as only the top 18 advanced. He scored a total of 311.15.

Held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the preliminary was won by China’s Yang Jian, who scored a total of 546.90.

Chan, who is the last Team Singapore athlete to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, began the preliminary round with a score of 51, and followed it up with a score of 54.4 for his second dive.

He then went on to record scores of 51.2, 47.6, 44.55 and finished strong with a 62.4 on his sixth and final dive.

Chan’s compatriot Freida Lim had competed in the women’s 10m platform preliminary round on Thursday, finishing last in a field of 30 competitors.

The 24-year-old had booked his berth at the Olympics in 2019 after he won the Men’s 10m platform final at the Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CNA

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