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May 21, 2000 MONTREAL'S KALEC 12TH AT GRAND PRIX DIVING MEET

JUAREZ CITY, Mexico--World and Olympic champion Dmitry Sautin of Russia completed a golden sweep at the ninth stop on the Grand Prix FINA diving circuit Sunday winning the men's 10-metre tower.

Sautin, the three-metre springboard winner on Friday, totalled 628.86 points. Luo Yutong of China was second at 609.36 and Jose Guerra of Cuba, the Canada Cup champion earlier this month, was third at 592.62.

Christopher Kalec of Montreal had a solid preliminaries placing sixth, but struggled on four of his five dives in the final to finish 12th overall. National team rookie Nicolas Leblanc of Montreal was 13th.

Canada ends the meet with two medals. Myriam Boileau of Montreal won the women's 10-metre tower on Saturday and Alida DiPlacido of Pointe-Claire, Que., was third on women's three-metre on Thursday.

A young Canadian team competes at the 10th Grand Prix starting Thursday at Xian City, China. They are Caroline Lauzon and Marie-Eve Marleau of Montreal, Megan Farrow of Edmonton and Kari Frank of Calgary. The Olympic team trials are June 9-11 in Montreal.

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May 20, 2000 BOILEAU WINS GOLD AT FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX

JUAREZ CITY, Mexico--Myriam Boileau of Montreal earned the gold medal on women's 10-metre tower Saturday at a FINA Grand Prix diving meet but more importantly kept herself in strong contention for a spot on the Olympic team. Boileau, who won the World Cup title in Mexico in 1997, blew away her opposition scoring 516.42 points. Irina Vyguzova of Kazakhstan was second at 475.41 and Xie Yubey of China third at 468.84.

By scoring more than 510 points, Boileau also garners the maximum eight bonus points towards her final score at the Olympic team trials June 9-11 in Montreal. Her two main rivals for the two spots on women's tower, Anne Montminy of Pointe-Claire, Que., and Emilie Heymans of Montreal, had already earned their bonus points. This was Boileau's last chance before the trials to max out her bonus points.

"Now I feel I'm back in the game again for the trials," said an elated Boileau, 22. "Plus I'll be heading in with a lot of confidence. Today I showed that when I have a goal to reach I can come through. I was feeling nervous but I was able to control my stress."

Boileau scored at least 7.0's on all her dives. Her best score was her back 21/2 in pike position in which she registered 8.5's and 9.0's. But she was especially pleased with her back handstand dive which had troubled her lately. She averaged 8.0's on that dive.

Alida DiPlacido of Pointe-Claire, Que., a bronze medallist on three-metre Thursday, was seventh. Competition ends Sunday with the men's 10-metre tower.

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May 19, 2000

EDMONTON'S MIRANDA 11TH AT FINA GRAND PRIX

JUAREZ CITY, Mexico--World champion  Dmitry Sautin of Russia won the gold medal on men's three-metre springboard  Friday at the ninth stop on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit while Arturo Miranda of Edmonton placed 11th. Sautin totalled 691.56 points with Feng Wang of China second at 678.87 and veteran Fernando Platas of Mexico third at 666.36. Miranda, who'll battle for a spot on the Olympic team at trials next month in Montreal,  was seventh after the semifinals but struggled in the finals to fall to 11th.  National team rookie Nicolas Leblanc, 16, of Montreal, was 18th.

Myriam Boileau of Montreal, who won the World Cup  title here in 1997, is the favorite for Saturday's women's 10-metre final while Alida DiPlacido of Pointe-Claire,  Que.,   a bronze medallist Thursday on women's three-metre, should also be in medal contention in her best event.

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May 18, 2000 POINTE-CLAIRE'S DIPLACIDO WINS BRONZE AT DIVING GRAND PRIX

JUAREZ CITY, Mexico-- Alida DiPlacido of Pointe-Claire, Que., won the bronze medal on women's three-metre Thursday in opening day action at the ninth stop on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit.

Irina Vyguzova of Kazahkstan was the winner, Zhang Jing of China was second and 19-year-old DiPlacido, a two-time world junior championship medallist on 10-metre, took third spot. Five-time Canadian champion Anne-Josee Dionne of Montreal was eighth.

Competition continues Friday with men's three-metre. Canadian entries are Arturo Miranda of Edmonton and Nicolas Leblanc of Montreal.