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TOKYO — Never in her imagined worst-case scenarios did Meaghan Benfeito think her Olympic adventure would end this way.
"Yes I'm sad, I don't want to finish my career this way," said Benfeito, who missed qualifying by five points."It hurts. But I fought to the end, I'm proud of myself." She temporarily rose into the 12th and final qualifying spot after getting high scores for her fourth dive, but ultimately fell back into 13th."Earlier this week, I got a little lost in the backspin of my first dive and it showed today that I was fearful.""When I lift my head too much at the start, I don't get enough momentum to arrive vertical," she said."It's disappointing, especially since I've been doing it for 20 years.
Fourteen-year-old Chinese diver Quan Hongchan soared above the competition, finishing just above her teammate Chen Yuxi going into Thursday's final.
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