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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.

Olympic Bronze Medallists take the Honours at Australian Diving Open

Olympic diving bronze medallists Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney have held off a determined challenge from Glasgow 2014 teammates Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan to win gold in the 3-metre synchro at the Australian Open and World Championship selection trials at the Sydney Aquatic Centre.

Divers Ready To Compete For World Championship Places

Australia’s best divers will be in action at the Sydney Aquatic Centre at Homebush as they compete for places on the national team for this year’s World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Leading the charge will be Rio Olympic 3-metre synchro bronze medallists, Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney, and Olympic and Commonwealth Games veteran, Melissa Wu.

Michael Murphy elected to AOC Executive

Diving Australia congratulates its Chairman, Michael Murphy, who has today been elected to the Executive Board of the Australian Olympic Committee.

IFFLAND TAKES SILVER AT HIGH DIVING WORLD CUP

Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland, who stunned the cliff diving world last year to claim the World Cliff Diving Title, has won silver at the FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi on the weekend.

WU MAKES RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND

Three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Melissa Wu, will make her first appearance at an international event since the Rio Olympics when she competes at the FINA Diving World Series event in Kazan, Russia, this weekend.