August 24 , 2010

Marc Sabourin-Germain

SINGAPORE – Marc Sabourin-Germain of Mascouche, Que., finished eighth on men's 10-metre tower on Tuesday to conclude the diving competition at the Youth Olympic Games.

The Youth Olympics are for athletes 14-18 and have attracted more than 3,000 athletes in the same sports program that is set for the 2012 London Games.

Bo Qiu of China won the gold medal with 673.50 points, Oleksandr Bondar of Ukraine was second at 605.55 and Ivan Garcia of Mexico third at 515.70.

Sabourin-Germain, 10th on three-metre on Sunday, was hoping to fare better on the platform.

"I was very nervous throughout the competition and wound up making a lot of mistakes," said Sabourin-Germain, 17. "This has been a very good experience for me with the world junior championships coming up soon."

The world juniors are September 1-6 in Tuscon, Arizona.

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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