A surprising turn of events on Sunday at the FINA Diving World Series saw the US go 4-5 in the men’s 10 platform but in the order you might have expected. Steele Johnson had not competed for the US in the event at the first two world series stops and when he did compete in Windsor last weekend he was tenth of 11. This week Johnson was not spectacular in qualifying, only one of his six dives was better than third in his heat, but each round he was consistently solid and avoided devastating mistakes. The same couldn’t be said for David Boudia who bested Johnson on five of the six dives but came up over 30 points behind him on the sixth. Johnson finished with a 507.75 while Boudia was right behind him at 497.20, both making the final.

In the final both fell off the pace by the middle of the competition with Johnson eventually holding off Boudia by 28.25 points. Johnson was still 54.25 points behind the bronze medal winner but for the 19-year-old this still a really big result.

The Diving World Series has finished for the year with the next big event the US Olympic Trials June 18th through the 26th in Indianapolis.

Previous Diving World Series Kazan Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update