A squad of British diver begin competition at the FINA Diving Grand Prix event in Montreal, Canada as they continue their preparations toward the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
With the team set for Beijing to be decided at the National Championships in June, the event gives the squad of eight a chance to compete against world-class athletes as they look to secure their Olympic spot later this year in Manchester.
Competition runs from 1-4 May at the Olympic Pool, where Canada’s World Champions and Olympic medallists Alexandre Despatie, Emilie Heymans and Blythe Hartley will take on some of the best divers in the world.
A number of the squad will be competing at the FINA Diving World Series event in Sheffield later this month and are likely to face many of the divers in Montreal.
The squad comprises:
Blake Aldridge (Southampton Diving Academy)
Peter Waterfield (Southampton Diving Academy)
Rebecca Gallantree (City of Leeds)
Louise Van Hoof (Southampton Diving Academy)
Stacie Powell (Southampton Diving Academy)
Tonia Couch (Plymouth Diving)
Sarah Barrow (Plymouth Diving)
Monique McCarroll (Southampton Diving Academy)
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For further details contact Steph West, British Swimming Media Assistant, on 01509 632 236, 07917 876 459 or email stephanie.west@swimming.org
British Swimming is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain. It is responsible internationally for the high performance representation of the sport. The members of British Swimming are the three Home Countries national governing bodies of England (Amateur Swimming Association), Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association) and Wales. (Welsh Amateur Swimming Association) British Swimming seeks to enable its athletes to achieve gold medal success at the Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
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