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Canadians Carlson, Macaulay win high dive medals at World Aquatics Championships

From left to right, silver medallist Molly Carlson of Canada, gold medallist Rhiannan Iffland of Australia, and bronze medallist Jessica Macaulay of Canada pose during the medal ceremony of the final of the women's high diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Wednesday.  (Oli Scarff/Getty Images - image credit)
From left to right, silver medallist Molly Carlson of Canada, gold medallist Rhiannan Iffland of Australia, and bronze medallist Jessica Macaulay of Canada pose during the medal ceremony of the final of the women's high diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Wednesday. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images - image credit)

Canadian divers captured two medals on Wednesday at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

In the women's 20-metre high dive final, Montreal's Molly Carlson scored 320.70 to take the silver medal while teammate Jessica Macaulay, also of Montreal, scored 320.35 to claim bronze.

Australia's Rhiannan Iffland won the event and claimed gold with a combined score of 342.00

Fellow Montreal native Simone Leathead (279.70) finished seventh in the final.

Win and you're in for water polo team

The Canadian women's water polo team has one last chance to qualify for the women's Olympic tournament this summer.

Despite a 10-8 loss to Australia in a classification game on Wednesday, Canada will play one final match at the World Aquatics Championships that will decide their Olympic fate for 2024.

That's because Italy also lost their classification match on Wednesday, a 10-5 decision to the Netherlands, and will meet Canada for a seventh-place game that offers a Summer Games berth for the winner.

Live streaming and extensive coverage of the aquatics worlds runs through Sunday on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.