French divers Jules Bouyer and Gwendal Bisch won their ticket to the Paris Olympic Games thanks to their qualification for the final of the 3-meter event at the Doha Worlds on Wednesday. Jules Bouyer qualified for the final with a score of 422.55 points which secured him sixth place in the semi-finals. Gwendal Bisch took eleventh place with 387.30 pts.
You had to be one of the twelve best semi-finalists to reach the final and thus guarantee your place for the diving events in Paris in six months. They will play the final this Wednesday from 4:30 p.m. (Paris time). For both men, this participation in the Olympics will be a first. “When I understood that it was happening, I felt a lot of joy, I cried,” Jules Bouyer told Le Progrès after his qualification. I am relieved after my shoulder operation and the failure in Japan (20th of the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka). »
The 21-year-old Lyonnais is also already qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in the 3-meter synchronized event alongside Alexis Jandard, who will participate in his second Olympics after having already competed in Tokyo. At the Fukuoka Worlds, the two men won the bronze medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard.
