We are nearing the end of these 2024 European Water Sports Championships in Belgrade. An event in which Italy played a role especially in the first week, while in the second, given the absence of the swimming team in the lanes, all the attention was paid to the specialties of the dives. Oscar Bertone he brought with him a rather young group, who so far have obtained two silvers and a bronze.
In this Serbian morning they are the preliminaries of the men’s three-meter competition have ended. Matteo Santorosilver by the meter, confirmed his excellent levels in these preliminaries, obtaining the third entry score into the Final (392.10). Excellent performances with the triple and a half forward pike (74.40) and the double and a half forward with two twists in the pike position (74.80).
However, there were some mistakes in the grouped inverted triple and a half (difficulty coefficient 3.5) with which he obtained 63.00 points. The double and a half return pike (64.50) and the triple and a half return grouped (62.90) are also not perfect. Matteo, then, in view of the final act he will have to pay particular attention to the double and half inverted pikeseen the 52.50 of the preliminaries.
The two Frenchmen preceded the Italian Gwendal Bisch and Jules Bouyer who have raised the stakes with the latest dive, namely a quadruple and half forward grouped (difficulty coefficient 3.8). Bisch was right given the 85.50 points which allowed him to finish ahead of everyone (407.80), while his compatriot only obtained 45.60, still enough to secure himself in second position with 393.50.
Nothing to do, however, for Stefano Belotti who ranked 15th (333.95), not falling within the top-12 qualifying for the final act. There were heavy errors in the double and a half forward with two twists in the pike position (42.50) and in the double and a half back pike (39.00). However, he did well in the triple and a half forward pike with which the Lombard player collected 69.75 points. Appointment at 4.40pm for the Final.
