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somersault dive may have fallen a little short on Sunday, but the two-time
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Montreal Canada Cup. “I am exactly where I want to be, I think, at this point,”
Despatie told CTVOlympics.ca after he finished second in the competition. “Today
I did a little technical mistake at the come-out of the dive when I came out of
the rotation, but you know, its no big deal.” Despatie spent most of 2011
sidelined with tendinitis in his knee, and was only able to return to full-dive
training early this year. The comeback has been complicated by the widespread
implementation of a new, 3.8 difficulty dive: the forward-facing 4.5 somersault.
The new dive, which athletes did not perform at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
where Despatie earned his second Olympic silver medal, is one of the toughest
dives of the springboard competition. With its potential for racking up points,
it is also expected to be a game changer at this summers Games in London. In
his attempt on Sunday, Despatie began the dive with strength, but exited his
final rotation early for a sizeable splash as he entered the water. The miss
earned the Laval., Que. veteran four 5.5 marks from the judges and caused him to
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Despatie scored a total of 497.20 for his list of six dives. While it was good
enough for silver on Sunday, a similar score is unlikely to earn an Olympic
medal in London. “He wasnt in any way peaking for this competition, so not at
max strength, and you really sort of need that to easily put away that four and
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lot of trouble with the dive. Its got the potential we were hoping it would
have.” Despatie says he will continue training the dive, and he plans to use it
in competition a few more times between now and the London Games. “I did some
really good ones in training this week,” he said. “I know weve got to keep
working at it. Ill get more comfortable with the dive, more confident, and that
was the great thing about this week. Now we know where were at, we know the work
were doing is really going in the right direction and thats what matters. Thats
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