Cassiel Rousseau Through To Semi-final In Platform Diving
Cassiel Rousseau has punched his ticket to the semi-final of the Men's 10m Platform with teammate Sam Fricker falling short.
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A Fresh Start For Tasmanian Diving
Diving Tasmania has today announced that Jesse Carver has been appointed to the new role of Program Coach/Co-ordinator.
This comes after diving returned to the Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre (DKHAC) for the first time in nearly 2 years.
Melissa Wu Dives Onto The Podium
Melissa Wu has put on a display of composure in the Women's 10m Platform event on her way to an Olympic bronze medal.
Wu Through To Semi-final At Fourth Games
Melissa Wu has secured her position in the Women's 10m Platform semi-final with a fourth-place preliminary finish.
Shixin Li Bows Out Of First Olympic Games
Shixin Li has come up short in his first Olympic Games, failing to qualify for the Men's 3m Springboard semi-final.
In his first Olympic Games Shixin Li, a father of three, struggled to find his form in the Men's 3m Springboard preliminary.
Qin Twelfth In First Australian Diving Final
Esther Qin took to the boards in the Women's 3m Springboard final, the first final for the Australian Diving Team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Qin Through To First Individual Final of Diving Events
After an outstanding morning at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, courtesy of the Australian Swim Team, the Australian divers stepped up to the plate.
In their chance to capture the aquatic spotlight, Esther Qin and Anabelle Smith took to the boards in the Women's 3m Springboard semi-final looking to secure their position in Sunday's 12-person final.
Qin and Smith Shake Off Cobwebs In The Pool
The Australian Diving Team jumpstarted their Tokyo 2020 campaign today at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre with two athletes moving through to the next round.
Esther Qin and Anabelle Smith put forward a steady effort through their five rounds of diving in the Women's 3m Springboard preliminary to punch their tickets to Saturday's semi-final.
Gillian Brooker to Judge 2020 Olympic Games
Australian divers take centre stage at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre on Friday, but one Aussie has already been putting in the work at the diving pool.
Gillian Brooker, the CEO of Diving New South Wales, has been in the judging chair as Australia’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Preview
The Australian Diving team heads into the Toyo 2020 Olympic Games looking to build upon the sustained success of Aussie divers in the Green and Gold who have secured medals at every Games since Sydney 2000.
The seven-member diving squad includes four Olympic debutants, two Olympic medallists, and is led by a coaching staff with an unprecedented sixteen Olympic Games appearances between them.
Meet the Team - Anabelle Smith
Anabelle Smith is no stranger to Olympic success having secured a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games alongside synchro partner Maddison Keeney in the Women’s 3-Metre Synchro event.
Smith’s performance at the Rio Games completed her set of medals from every major international diving competition including the FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and FINA Diving World Cup.
Meet the Team - Shixin Li
Shixin Li has had one goal in diving, to compete at the Olympic Games.
He was so confident in his ability that the Men’s 3-Metre Springboard diver had the Olympic Rings tattooed on his arm years prior.
True to form, Li secured his position on the 2020 Australian Olympic Team and made his dream a reality at the 2021 Australian Open Championships incorporating Nomination Trials.
Meet the Team - Melissa Wu
Melissa Wu jumped onto the world stage with her silver medal winning performance as a 13-year-old at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Since then, Wu has secured medals at the Olympic Games, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and FINA Diving World Cup.
Now, Wu will dive into the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a wealth of experience and global esteem as one of the worlds premier Platform divers.
Meet the Team - Sam Fricker
Sam Fricker started diving in 2012 to impress a girl he had a crush on at the time.
Sadly, the relationship didn’t work out, but in the process Fricker fell in love with something else, the sport of diving.
Nine years later that love led to Fricker securing his position on the 2020 Australian Olympic Team.
Meet the Team - Esther Qin
Esther Qin’s earliest Olympic memory was watching Chinese diver Tian Liang compete at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
At the time Qin vowed that the sport was too scary, and she would never become a diver.
Little did she know, 21 years later she would be qualifying for her second Olympic Games in the very same pool that Liang secured his first Olympic gold.
Coaching Staff for Tokyo 2020
Diving Australia is pleased to announce a four-member coaching staff for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Andy Banks (Co-National Coach, Adelaide), Adrian Hinchliffe (National Coach, Brisbane), Richard Schavone (Co-National Coach, Adelaide), and Chava Sobrino (National Coach, Sydney) will coach the seven strong diving team in Tokyo.
Meet the Team - Cassiel Rousseau
Last year Cassiel Rousseau fell off a skateboard and broke his wrist.
After three months out of the pool, and a slow recovery towards normal training, the Queenslander secured his position on the Australian Olympic Team with an outstanding performance at the 2021 Australian Open Championships incorporating Nomination Trials.
Meet the Team - Nikita Hains
In 2012, an 11-year-old Nikita Hains stayed up in the middle of the night to watch the gymnastics events at the London Olympic Games. While watching the event, she picked up her pen and wrote in her diary that she was going to make the Olympic Games.
Nine years and countless hours of hard work later, she made that promise a reality.