Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 2:46 PM

Australian diver Melissa Wu has qualified for tomorrow's Olympic final of the women's 10 metres platorm in Beijing.

Wu went through in eighth position, while compatriot Alexandra Croak was one of four divers to miss out on the 12-person final

Chinese teenager Chen Ruolin led the way into the women's 10m platform final on Thursday, as the host nation eyed a seventh gold in the seventh diving event of the Bejing Games.

With a total of 444.60 points, Chen was 43.85 points clear of Mexico's Paola Espinosa after the semi-finals, with the final scheduled for later Thursday.

Wang Xin was lying third after the semis, giving China another good chance as they bid for a clean sweep of all eight diving golds.

Chen and Wang, who captured gold for China in the 10m synchronised platform on Tuesday, are trying to return the women's individual platform title to China.

At the Sydney Olympics, American diver Laura Wilkinson beat China's Li Na for the title while in Athens Australian Chantelle Newbery stunned favourite Lao Lishi for gold.

Wang, 16, is the reigning world champion while 15-year-old Chen is currently ranked number one in the world.