Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu take top spot in 3-metre synchro
VICTORIA — Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu are one step closer to returning to the Olympic Games.
Abel and Citrini-Beaulieu took top spot in women’s three-metre synchro with 301.89 points on Friday at the Canadian diving winter senior nationals.
“We’re proud of our performance but there is still a lot to improve,” said Abel, a three-time Olympian who won bronze in 2012. “One of the big areas we worked on in practice is the quality of our entries. There is also the presentation side where we want to make the dives look effortless.”
Abel and Citrini-Beaulieu paired up after the 2016 Olympic Games and this was their first competition in six months. Montreal’s Mia Vallee and Olivia Chamandy were second (286.08).