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Pakhalina leads diving semifinals; Kunkel barely qualifies

ATHENS, Greece - Irina Lashko will try to make it another g'day for the Australian divers.

Lashko, who represented Russia at the 1992 and '96 Olympics before becoming an Australian citizen, advanced to the final of 3-meter springboard with the top score from today's semifinals. Chinese stars Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia were second and third.

Chantelle Newbery already pulled off an upset on the 10-meter platform - the first diving gold medal for Australia in 80 years. Lashko hoped to give the divers from Down Under a sweep of the women's individual events.

The 31-year-old Lashko totaled 246.51 points on her five semifinal dives, giving her a slender edge over Guo (243.06) and Wu (240.39).

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