Grant Nel Announces Retirement
Grant Nel has today announced his retirement.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE MEDALS AT WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Australia has picked up four bronze medals on the opening three days of competition at the FINA 2017 World Masters Diving Championships in Budapest.
IFFLAND CEMENTS REPUTATION AS THE WORLD’S BEST HIGH-DIVER
Australian high-diving gold medallist Rhiannon Iffland has promised to keep pushing for her sport to be included on the 2024 Olympic program, after snatching gold in a dramatic final round at the FINA World Championships in Budapest on the weekend.
ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE FROM KEENEY AND SMITH ON WORLD STAGE
Australia’s Maddison Keeney has finished fifth and Anabelle Smith 11th in the 3-metre final at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Keeney, who broke through to win her first major international competition when she took gold in the 1-metre earlier in the week, finished the 3-metre with 335.50 points, with Chinese Olympic gold medallist, Shi Tingmao, taking first place with 383.50.
CONNOR PUTS IN SOLID PERFORMANCE IN MEN’S 3-METRE FINAL
Australian diver James Connor has finished ninth in the final of the men’s springboard at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
And in further good news for Australia, 1-metre world champion Maddison Keeney and her Olympic synchro bronze medal partner, Anabelle Smith, have both qualified for the individual final of the women’s 3-metre springboard.
WU PUTS IN SOLID PERFORMANCE IN PLATFORM FINAL
Melissa Wu has bounced back from a shaky semi-final to finish fifth in the women’s platform final at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
25-year-old Wu, competing in her fifth World Championships, only just scraped into the final after finishing 11th in Tuesday’s semi-final, but showed her class with a strong finals performance in a field full of Olympic medallists and World champions.
WU FIGHTS HARD TO EARN CHANCE FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL
Australian diver Melissa Wu has qualified for the final of the women’s platform at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, despite a few nervous moments.
The three-time Olympian was at her brilliant best for the preliminary round, qualifying second behind Olympic gold medallist Qian Ren of China, with Chinese Olympic silver medallist Yajie Si third.
MORE SOLID PERFORMANCES FROM AUSTRALIAN DIVERS IN BUDAPEST
Australia’s Olympic bronze medallists, Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith, have just missed a medal in the women’s 3-metre springboard at the FINA World Championships in Budapest overnight.
FIFTH FOR AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S PLATFORM SYNCHRO
Three-time Olympian Melissa Wu and South Australia’s Taneka Kovchenko have finished fifth in the women’s platform synchro final at the FINA World Championships in Budapest.
The Australians dived consistently throughout the final, reaching as high as equal fourth after their second dive and dropping to seventh after the third dive, before climbing back to fifth.
KEENEY BREAKS THROUGH FOR BIGGEST WIN OF DIVING CAREER
Australia’s Maddison Keeney has broken through for the biggest win of her international diving career, winning 1-metre springboard gold at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest overnight.
An emotional Keeney fought back tears as she emerged from the pool after her final dive, knowing she had done enough to secure her first ever major gold medal.
KEENEY’S DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY PUTS HER INTO TOP SPOT FOR SPRINGBOARD FINAL
Australian diver Maddison Keeney has qualified for today’s World Championships final of the 1-metre springboard in Budapest in the gold medal position.
21-year-old Keeney finished her five dives in Friday’s preliminary round with a total of 283.80, more than five points clear of China’s Yiwen Chen with Malaysia’s Jun Hoong Cheong qualifying third.
Wu Sets Herself New Challenge at Fifth Diving World Championships
Despite being Australia’s most experienced diver, Melissa Wu will attempt something she has never tried at an international competition in Budapest over the next week.
For the first time ever Wu will compete in four events at a competition, an enormous workload but one which the 25-year-old veteran of three Olympic Games is looking forward to.
2017/18 National Junior Squad
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the 2017/18 National Junior Squad. The selections were from B and C groups only, following the 2017 Elite Junior Championships.
2017 Australian Elite Juniors Award Winners
The 2017 Australian Elite Junior Championships concluded on Sunday, 9 March after three brilliant days of competition.
All results are now on DiveRecorder and at the closing dinner, the Awards were announced. Congratulations to all Divers and especially our Award Winners.
10 named for Budapest
Diving Australia has named a strong 10-person team for the FINA World Championships to be held in Budapest in July. It includes 7 members of the Rio Olympic Team and boasts an equal number of men and women.
Qin and Bedggood impress on Final Day of Australian Open
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Esther Qin has claimed the national 3-metre springboard diving title in a thrilling end to the Australian Open and World Championship selection trials in Sydney.
And fellow Glasgow gold medallist Domonic Bedggood has posted a remarkable 521 to deliver a resounding win in the men’s platform final to secure his third title of the week.
Melissa Wu Continues to Impress at Australian Diving Titles
Three-time Olympian Melissa Wu has underlined her class to win the women’s platform title at the Australian Open Diving Championships in Sydney, while Rio bronze medallist Maddison Keeney has added another two national titles to her list.
Wu puts herself in line for another World Championships Edit
Triple Olympian Melissa Wu has made a strong start to the Aquatics World Championships diving selection trials in Sydney by partnering with South Australia’s Taneka Kovchenko to win the women’s platform synchro final.