Canadian diver Wiens withdraws from World Aquatics Championships due to injury
Canadian diver Rylan Wiens is withdrawing from the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, after suffering a recent back injury.
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Kyle Kothari ready to prove the diving doubters wrong at World Championships
Diver Kyle Kothari came so close to giving up his Olympic dream but, ahead of the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, he is proving his doubters wrong. The 2022 Commonwealth synchro silver medallist has overcome three devastating injuries since 2015, including two separate Achilles ruptures that stifled his prospects of making Rio and Tokyo. Ad He heads to Fukuoka, Japan this month to make his World Championships debut where he can secure a Paris 2024 quota place in the individual 10m platform event.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix eyes World Championships success before reset and push for Olympic Games
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix insists she is done with pressure after completing her A-levels and wants to enjoy every second of a gap year bookended by the World Championships and Olympic Games. It has been an exhausting period for the double European gold-medal winning Londoner, with the British Diving Championships sandwiched in the middle of her English Literature, History and Spanish exams. Ad Next on the agenda is the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and while she finished a disappointing 19th in the individual 10m platform event a year ago, Spendolini-Sirieix believes she has learned a lot from the experience.
Summer McIntosh will swim in 4 individual events at World Aquatics Championships
Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh's schedule at the World Aquatics Championships has now been confirmed by CBC Sports.
Olympic gap year begins for diving star Spendolini-Sirieix
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix insists she is done with pressure after completing her A-levels and wants to enjoy every second of a gap year bookended by the World Championships and Olympic Games. It has been an exhausting period for the double European gold-medal winning Londoner with the British Diving Championships sandwiched in the middle of her English Literature, History and Spanish exams. Ad Next on the agenda is the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and while she finished a disappointing 19th in the individual 10m platform event a year ago, Spendolini-Sirieix believes she has learned a lot from the experience.
Kothari ready to prove the diving doubters wrong at World Championships
Diver Kyle Kothari came so close to giving up his Olympic dream but, ahead of the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, he is proving his doubters wrong. The 2022 Commonwealth synchro silver medallist has overcome three devastating injuries since 2015, including two separate Achilles ruptures that stifled his prospects of making Rio and Tokyo. Ad He heads to Fukuoka, Japan this month to make his World Championships debut where he can qualify a Paris 2024 quota place in the individual 10m platform event.
Yasmin Harper hoping to set up Olympic debut perfectly at World Championships
Diver Yasmin Harper first stepped onto the springboard at Ponds Forge in 2014 and believes Paris 2024 would be the perfect way to mark a decade of twists, pikes, and tucks. The 22-year-old can securee an Olympic berth and quota spot for Team GB at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan this month. Ad She will compete in the individual 3m springboard and, alongside partner Scarlett Mew Jensen, the 3m synchro springboard.
A (non-swimming) guide to the World Aquatics Championships
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