Two Chinese divers will enter the finals as the top seeds. Qin Kai led the semifinal field with 503.35 points, and He Chong was second at 493.65.
Dumais, who won a silver medal on 3-meter at the 2005 World Championships, scored 88.40 points on his forward 2 ½ with 2 twists in the second round. It was the best score of the round.
The finals will be held at 8:30 p.m. Friday (5:30 a.m. Eastern time). USA’s Allison Brennan (Huntington Beach, Calif.) will compete in the women’s 1-meter finals prior to that. Those finals begin at 6 p.m. in Melbourne.
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