August 23 , 2010

Pamela Ware

SINGAPORE – Pamela Ware of Montreal placed fourth on women's three-metre springboard on Monday in diving action at the Youth Olympic Games.

Jiao Liu of China won the gold medal with 511.35 points, Pandelela Pamg of Malaysia was second at 444.15 and Viktoriya Potyekhina of Ukraine third at 433.55. Ware, 17, followed at 431.55.

"I was really happy with my performance overall," said Ware. "My first dive is usually a strong one for me, but I had trouble with it in practice and it carried over to the competition. I just opened up too early and ended up short of the vertical."

Diving competition ends Tuesday with the men's 10-metre tower featuring Marc Sabourin-Germain of Mascouche, Que.

About Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Game is being held in Singapore, from August 14th to 26th, 2010. The Youth Olympic Games strives to assemble the most talented youth athletes – between the ages of 14 and 18 – from all over the world. Additionally, non-sport participants such as youth ambassadors and young reporters participate in the event. This first edition of the Games includes approximately 3,600 athletes and 1450 officials from 26 different sports. The event will be run on a quadrennial cycle with Summer Games taking place in 2010, 2014, 2018 etc…

About Diving Plongeon Canada
Diving Plongeon Canada (DPC) was established in 1967 as a not-for-profit organization to promote the growth and awareness of the sport in this country. As a member of FINA, the world's governing body of aquatic sports, DPC contributes to the development of globally accepted standards of excellence in diving and supports the rules and regulations of international competition. Representing nine provincial diving associations, 67 local diving clubs and close to 4,000 high performance athletes, DPC shares a national commitment to advance the art and sport of diving and to position Canada as the number one diving nation of the world. For information, visit www.diving.ca.

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