Two central Ohio divers heading to the 2024 Paris Olympics

Adam Conn
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DOHA, Qatar (WCMH) – Two central Ohio athletes have punched their tickets to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Ohio State announced that sophomore Lena Hentschel and her partner Jette Muller qualified for Paris after a sixth-place finish in the 3-meter synchronized dive at the World Aquatics Championships. The duo will represent Team Germany after finishing with an aggregate score of 273.93.

It is the second time Hentschel, who is from Berlin, has qualified for the Olympics. In the 2020 games at Tokyo, she won the bronze medal in the same event. She also became the eighth diver from Ohio State women’s swimming and diving to compete in the Olympic games.

  • Gahanna graduate Maycey Adrianne Vieta competes for Puerto Rico during the women’s 10 m platform diving semifinals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
    Gahanna graduate Maycey Adrianne Vieta competes for Puerto Rico during the women’s 10 m platform diving semifinals at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Ohio State sophomore Lena Hentschel, representing Team Germany, competes during the women’s 3m springboard diving preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
    Ohio State sophomore Lena Hentschel, representing Team Germany, competes during the women’s 3m springboard diving preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Joining Hentchel is Purdue senior and Gahanna graduate Maycey Vieta, who will compete in the 10-meter as a member of the Puerto Rico team. Vieta finished ninth in preliminary rounds at the World Aquatics Championships with a score of 296.5, followed by a 15th place finish (261.5) in the semifinal.

The 2023 Big Ten 10-meter diving champion will be making her first ever appearance in the Olympic games. She also won medals at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and placed fifth at the Pan Am Games.

At Gahanna, Vieta won the 2017 Division I state title as a sophomore in the 1-meter springboard event and finished runner up over the next two years.

The 3-meter synchronized finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place on Saturday, July 27.

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