RIO DE JANEIRO – Canadian Philippe Gagne qualified for the semifinals in men’s three-metre springboard diving at the Rio Olympics on Monday.
Gagne, of Ville de Mont Royal, Que., placed 12th with a score of 400.75.
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China’s Cao Yuan finished first with a score of 498.70. Rommel Pacheco of Mexico placed second with 488.25, followed by American Kristian Ipsen with 461.35.
Gagne, 18, is a first-time Olympian who competed at his first junior national championships in 2007.
He was a three-time medallist at last year’s Pan Am Games in Toronto, winning silver in the 3m and 10m synchro events and bronze in the individual 3m springboard.