Canadian Jennifer Abel bounces back to win diving gold at Commonwealth Games

GOLD COAST, Australia — Canadian diver Jennifer Abel bounced back Saturday from a poor showing in the women’s synchronized three-metre springboard final to win gold in the individual three-metre event at the Commonwealth Games.

Abel and partner Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu were first in the three-metre synchronized final after three dives Wednesday. But the Canadians plummeted after a disastrous fourth dive by Abel and finished fifth.

They had earned silver in the same event at the 2017 FINA World Championships last summer in Budapest. And Abel won the synchronized event at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and took silver in 2014, albeit with a different partner.

There were no such miscues Saturday as Abel, a 26-year-old from Laval, Que., survived a late challenge from Australia’s Maddison Keeney to win gold with 366.95 points. Keys took silver at 366.55.