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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.

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.

Jota strikes immediate Karim Benzema bromance as former Celtic star dives into Al Ittihad samba routine

Former Celtic ace Jota has wasted no time in integrating himself into his new surroundings and Al-Ittihad squad as the winger links up with Karim Benzema in training games.

A (non-swimming) guide to the World Aquatics Championships

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Canada's powerhouse swim team faces big expectations at World Aquatics Championships

When Canadian divers, swimmers and water polo players headed to Fukuoka, Japan, 22 years ago to compete at the 2001 world aquatics championships, there was an understanding and acceptance that podium performances were probably going to be few and far between.

Despite own expectations to win, Canada's women sense a lightening of the load as World Cup approaches

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Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix eyes World Championships success before reset and push for Olympic Games

Olympic gap year begins for diving star Spendolini-Sirieix

Kothari ready to prove the diving doubters wrong at World Championships

Yasmin Harper hoping to set up Olympic debut perfectly at World Championships

Jota strikes immediate Karim Benzema bromance as former Celtic star dives into Al Ittihad samba routine

A (non-swimming) guide to the World Aquatics Championships

Canada's powerhouse swim team faces big expectations at World Aquatics Championships

Despite own expectations to win, Canada's women sense a lightening of the load as World Cup approaches