Tania Cagnotto wins gold and Olympic ticket!

Tania Cagnotto, the Russian Kristina Ilinykh and the German local hero Tina Punzel fought a thrilling three-way battle. After the first two jumps - Cagnotto showed the two-and-a-half back somersault and the two-and-a-half dolphin somersault - the 30-year-old from Bolzano was in the lead. Then Punzel took command and before the last and decisive jump, the young Russian suddenly took the lead.

In the end, however, Cagnotto triumphed, receiving an incredible 81 points from the judges for the two-and-a-half Auerbach somersault and prevailing with a total of 350,20 points ahead of Ilinykh (334,15) and Punzel (330,90). In addition, the oldest finalist performed the two-and-a-half somersault forward with a twist and the three-and-a-half somersault forward with a dive in the program.

Cagnotto qualified for Rio

After the victories in the 1m board (on Friday) and in synchronized jumping with Francesca Dallapè (on Saturday), Tania Cagnotto grabbed the triple at the continental championships for the second time in her career. Also in 2009 at the home European Championships in Turin the Bolzano woman won all three titles. She hadn't been able to win the "golden" from the 3-meter board since then. The success is all the better for the South Tyrolean as it gives Cagnotto a ticket to Rio 3 in the Olympic discipline (2016m).

Tania Cagnotto also continued to work on her legendary status. The daughter of national coach Giorgio Cagnotto now has 25 European Championship medals, 17 of which are gold.

Dallapè unlucky

Francesca Dallapè, Cagnotto's synchronous partner, also presented herself very well. With 323,15 points, she finished fourth and narrowly missed out on the medals. Nevertheless, the Trentino native can be more than satisfied with her performance, as it is by far Dallapè's strongest performance in an individual competition at the European Championships. Last year, 323,15 points would have been enough to win the title in Berlin - an admittedly weak but at least small consolation for the jumper, who is one year younger than Tania Cagnotto.

European Championships for divers in Rostock (GER), final of the women's 3m board individual 1. Tania Cagnotto ITA/Bozen 350,2 2. Kristina Ilinykh RUS 334,15 3. Tina Punzel GER 330,90 4. Francesca Dallapè ITA/Trento 323,15 5. Uschi Friday NED 304,95 6. Nadezhda Bazhina RUS 298,55 7. Inge Jansen NED 291,30 8. Anastasiia Nedobiga UKR 277,95 9. Alicia Blagg GBR 275,50 10. Anna Pysmenska UKR 271,30 11. Grace Reid GBR 264,30 12. Jessica Favre SUI 239,60

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Tania Cagnotto wins gold and Olympic ticket!

The European diving championships in Rostock ended on Sunday afternoon with the women's individual diving from the 3 m board. Tania Cagnotto won her third gold medal in a row and, like in 2009, achieved the triple.

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