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Delaney Schnell earns second Olympic diving berth. Carson Tyler also will be doubling up in Paris

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Delaney Schnell earned her second Olympic berth with a victory in the women’s 10-meter platform at the U.S. diving trials on Sunday. Usually, I’m pretty good at being the comeback kid and coming from behind, so I’m not really used to having that lead and having to try and keep it.” Tyler capped his busy week by …

U.S. Diving Trials: Olympic silver medallist Schnell and Capobianco grab semifinal leads

Delaney Schnell led on the women’s 10-metre tower after the semifinals, and Andrew Capobianco set the pace in the men’s 3-metre springboard at the U.S. Olympic diving trials on Friday night. A silver medallist with Parratto at the Tokyo Games, Schnell scored 325.95 points in the individual event to lead Daryn Wright by 18.10 heading into the Sunday final. Delaney …

Schnell, Parratto returning to Olympics in synchronized diving after winning silver in Tokyo

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two more synchronized diving teams claimed their spots for Paris at the U.S. Olympic diving trials on Tuesday night. Delaney Schnell and Jess Parratto finished first in the women’s 10-meter event, while Tyler Downs and Greg Duncan earned the top position in the men’s 3-meter final. Schnell and Parratto, silver medalists at the Tokyo Games, easily qualified …

US rallies to claim silver in women’s 10M synchro diving

TOKYO — Jessica Parratto helped end Delaney Schnell’s Olympic hopes in 2016. Five years later, the Americans teamed to earn a silver medal in women’s 10-meter synchronized platform diving. China couldn’t be caught for the gold, with Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi leading all the way on Tuesday to give the diving powerhouse its second victory at the Tokyo Games. …