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FINA World Championships, Kazan: Preview

DIVING TEAM READY TO MAKE SPLASH IN KAZAN The Australian diving team is quietly confident of a strong showing when the FINA World Championships begin in Kazan, Russia, this weekend

2105 FINA World Championships - Kazan, Russia

MELISSA WU NAMED CAPTAIN OF AUSTRALIAN DIVING TEAM Two-time Olympian Melissa Wu has been named captain of the Australian Diving Team for the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

2015/16 National Junior Squad

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the 2015/16 National Junior Squad. The selections were from B and C groups only, following the 2015 Elite Junior Championships.

Diving World Series - Mexico

KEENEY ADDS BRONZE TO AUSTRALIA’S MEDAL HAUL Perth teenager Maddison Keeney has added a bronze medal to Australia’s collection at the diving World Series in Mexico.

Diving World Series - Mexico

ANOTHER SILVER FOR AUSTRALIAN SYNCHRO TEAM Australian divers Samantha Mills and Esther Qin have once again finished second behind China at a diving World Series event, but the gap is closing.

NextGEN AUSComGames Squad

NextGEN AUSComGames Squad 2015 Diving Australia is pleased to announce the members of the NextGEN AUSComGames Squad for 2015. This Squad is a new initiative of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and is designed to assist those junior athletes who have the potential to be selected in future Australian Commonwealth Games teams in 2018 or 2022.

FINA Diving World Series, Events 5 & 6

MILLS READY TO SACRIFICE FOR OLYMPIC DREAM There’s a downside to the outstanding recent form of Australian springboard synchronized diving team of Esther Qin and Samantha Mills. Eventually one of the divers will need to relocate if they are going to have a serious crack at an Olympics medal.

Diving Australia National Squad

Additions to Diving Australia National Squad As a result of strong performances at the 2015 Australian Open Diving Championshiops, Diving Australia is pleased to annouce that Emily Meaney, Joshua Kehagias and Georgia Sheehan have been added to the DA National Squad. Congratulations Emily, Josh and Georgia!

Australian Diving Team – 16th FINA World Championships

Australian Diving Team – 16th FINA World Championships Following the conclusion of the 2015 Australian Open Championships incorporating the Selection Trials for the 16th Fina World Championships, Diving Australia has announced the Australian Diving Team to compete in Kazan, Russia at the World Championships.

2015 Open Championships & World Championship Trials - Day 4

MORE DIVING TITLES FOR TEENAGERS CONNOR AND KEENEY Teenagers Maddison Keeney and James Connor underlined their quality when they added further Australian titles to their names on the final day of the National Diving Championships in Brisbane.

2015 Open Championships & World Championship Trials - Day 1

KEENEY LEAVES IT LATE TO WIN SPRINGBOARD GOLD Perth teenager Maddison Keeney left it to her final dive to snatch gold in the women’s 1-metre springboard final at the Australian Open Diving Championships in Brisbane. The Commonwealth Games silver medalist overtook 3-metre specialist Esther Qin to finish with 291.15 points, with Qin on 286.95 and Queensland 15-year-old, Georgia Sheehan, third on 266.35.

2015 Open Championships & World Championship Trials

MITCHAM READY FOR ONE LAST OLYMPIC TILT Matthew Mitcham had made no secret before last year’s Commonwealth Games that he was ready to walk away from the sport that had made him an Australian household name. So convincing was he in his arguments, that almost everyone believed Edinburgh would be the last time we saw the Beijing gold medalist flinging himself off a diving platform.

Dresden International Youth Diving Competition update

CARTER CONTINUES LOVE AFFAIR WITH DRESDEN If South Australian diver, Matthew Carter, could work out a way of getting the Dresden Diving Pool into his luggage to bring back to Australia, we’re pretty sure he would!

NextGEN AUSComGames Squad

COMMONWEALTH DIVERS OF THE FUTURE GET CHANCE TO SHINE Seven of Australia’s most promising divers have headed to Germany this week to compete in one of the world’s most prestigious youth diving competitions. The trip to the Dresden International Youth Diving Competition has been partly funded by the generous support of the NextGEN AUSComGames Squad program, which aims to give promising Commonwealth Games athletes of the future valuable international experience.