Montreal's Pamela Ware advances to 3m springboard final at hometown Diving World Cup

Canada's Pamela Ware put forth a solid performance and advanced to the women's three-metre springboard final at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Thursday in her hometown of Montreal.

The 31-year-old Ware, who won silver in Montreal last year, was coming off a disappointing 25th-place finish at the world championship in Doha earlier this month. She also missed her final dive in the synchronized event alongside partner Mia Vallee as Canada failed to secure a quota spot for this summer's Paris Olympics.

Ware placed sixth out of 17 in the preliminary round while Calgary's Aimee Wilson also moved on with a 12th-place finish at the Olympic Pool. Three-time world championship gold medallist Chen Yiwen of China came first.

Amelie-Laura Jasmin, a 19-year-old from Montreal, placed 13th and missed the cut in her first-ever World Cup event.

Later Thursday, Rylan Wiens of Pike Lake, Sask., and Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que., advanced to Saturday's men's 10-metre platform final.

Wiens finished seventh while Zsombor-Murray came ninth. Benjamin Tessier of Blainville, Que., was outside the top 12.

Men's three-metre and women's 10-metre preliminaries follow on Friday, along with a team event final.

Watch live coverage of the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem, continuing Friday at 1:27 p.m. ET.

The event features over 120 divers — including 12 Canadians — from more than 20 countries.