Mexican Diver Laura Sanchez Wins Bronze Xinhua
go to original August 6, 2012

Mexico's Laura Sanchez competes in the women's 3m springboard diving event at the 2012 Olympic Games in the Aquatics Centre in London. (Getty Images)

Mexican Laura Sanchez won a bronze medal Sunday in the women's individual three-meter springboard diving at the London 2012 Olympic Games, finishing just behind China's Wu Minxia and He Zi.

During the competition at the Aquatics Center, Sanchez held onto third place with a total of 362.40 points after five dives, just two-tenths of a point ahead of Italy's Tania Cagnotto, who registered 362.20 points.

Wu and He scored 414 and 379.20 points respectively.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon immediately congratulated Sanchez via Twitter: "Mexico has just won a bronze medal thanks to Laura Sanchez in three-meter springboard diving. A thousand congratulations!"

Calderon followed up his message with a phone call to the 28-year-old Sanchez.

Mexico's bronze raised the country's medal count at these Olympics to five, including three silver and two bronze.

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