Diving
Chinese divers win women’s 10-metre synchro
Chinese world champions Ruo Lin Chen and Xin Wang took out gold in the women’s 10-meter synchronized diving at the Canada Cup diving meet.
Melissa Wu and Briony Cole from Australia came second and Canadian pair Emilie Heymans and Marie-Eve Marleau came third.
“The competition was really fierce and everyone seemed at the top of their game […]
13 year old Daley becomes European champion
Tom Daley who is just 13 years old took out the European championships - the youngest to do so on record.
“If somebody had told me at Christmas I would be a European champion at Easter my answer would have been ‘go away’,” Daley told reporters.
“It was a perfect competition for me. If it seems as […]
A typing error is to blame for the report that British diver Tom Daley will be Britain’s youngest ever male Olympian.
Daley will be 14 years and 81 days when the Beijing Olympic games begin in August. The record is owned by Kenneth Lester who was in the rowing pairs at the 1960 Rome Games. […]
13-year old diving prodigy Tom Daley wins bronze
Tom Daley from Britain, who is just 13 years old won a bronze medal in the synchronised 10 meter platform at a World Cup meeting currently being held in Beijing, securing a place in the diving for Britain in the process.
Their own spots in the team are still undecided as they face a […]
Philippine diver makes it through to the Olympics
Sheila Mae Perez made it through to the Beijing Olympics after finishing 17th in the 3 meter springboard event.
“The judging system is super strict and lots of new criteria came in, so she did very well considering all that,” said Aquatics chief Mark Joseph.
“If Sheila continues to train in China, and gets exposed to the […]
Wang Feng and Qin Kai from China won the men’s synchronized springboard title in the FINA Diving World cup in Beijing yesterday.
It the first major diving event to be held at the new aquatic center otherwise known as the water cube.
“We were trying to emulate the Olympic atmosphere throughout the match,” said Wang. […]
Diver Boy
Tom Daley, better known as the ‘diver boy’ is only 13 years old, but he is hoping to make it to the Beijing Olympics. He has traveled the world diving and yet to see the new swimming center in Beijing.
“But I’ve played Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games on the Nintendo Wii, and […]