Diving Australia today announced changes to its World Cup Team for the FINA World Cup to be held in Rio de Janeiro starting on 19 February 2016.
Please see the attached Information Release.
Matthew Mitcham has today announced his retirement.
Diving Australia wholeheartedly congratulates Matthew on an amazing career and wishes him great success in his future endeavours.
Olympic silver medalist Brittany Broben and World Junior gold medalist, Georgia Sheehan, have been named in a five-strong Australian diving team to compete at the German Diving Championships and the German Diving Grand Prix later this month.
Diving Australia has announced the team to travel to the Diving World Cup to be held in Rio in late February 2016.
The World Cup doubles as the Olympic test event and the last opportunity to qualify Rio quota spots.
CONNOR ADDS NEXT PIECE IN OLYMPIC DIVING PUZZLE
James Connor has added the final individual quota spot for the Australian diving team for next year’s Rio Olympics with victory in the men’s platform final at the Oceania Championships in Melbourne.
DUO SHRUG OFF INJURY TO QUALIFY MORE OLYMPIC DIVING SPOTS FOR AUSTRALIA
Divers Grant Nel and Brittany Broben have put their injury battles behind them to qualify two more spots for Australia at next year’s Rio Olympics.
OLYMPIANS EYE OFF FINAL SPOTS FOR RIO 2016 THIS WEEKEND
Olympic medalists Matthew Mitcham and Brittany Broben will be among divers looking to clinch final Rio 2016 spots for Australia at the Oceania Championships in Ringwood, Melbourne, this weekend
KEENEY SHOWS ONCE AGAIN HER OUTSTANDING TALENT
Perth teenager Maddison Keeney has once again underlined her diving potential with a strong win in the women’s 3-metre springboard at the Australian World Cup selection event in Melbourne.
NEL CONFIDENT INJURY GAMBLE WILL PAY OFF
There was a moment earlier this year when Australian diver Grant Nel thought his diving career was over.
The choice seemed pretty clear; doctors told him if he continued to dive, he might never walk again
AUSTRALIA’S MILLS AND QIN UNDERLINE OLYMPIC POTENTIAL
Australia’s Esther Qin and Samantha Mills have once again underlined their Olympic medal credentials, with a hard-fought win in the springboard synchro final at the FINA Diving Grand Prix on the Gold Coast.
AUSTRALIA CLAIM SHOCK MEDALS AT GOLD COAST DIVING GRAND PRIX
Two Australian divers given less than four hours notice they were diving together have won a surprise gold medal at the diving Grand Prix event on the Gold Coast.
QIN, KEENEY LOOK TO CRASH CHINESE PARTY
Chinese divers have continued to dominate the early rounds of the FINA Diving Grand Prix on the Gold Coast, but Australia’s female springboard divers have shown they are in strong medal contention this weekend.
EXPERIENCED AUSTRALIANS THROUGH TO GOLD COAST FINALS
The experience and steely nerves of Australian divers Matthew Mitcham and Melissa Wu shone through for the home team on the opening day of competition at the FINA Diving Grand Prix on the Gold Coast.
SMITH READY TO SPRING INTO GRAND PRIX ACTION
London Olympian Anabelle Smith leads a young Australian diving team to Kuala Lumpur this weekend for a Grand Prix event she hopes will set her on the road to Rio.
PLENTY OF MEDALS FOR AUSTRALIAN DIVERS IN SINGAPORE
Australia’s young diving team has finished with one silver and four bronze medals at the Singapore Grand Prix over the weekend.
Queensland’s Naomi Gowlett picked up three bronze medals throughout the weekend.
GOLD COAST TO HOST BEST DIVERS IN THE WORLD
Australia has selected a team full of Olympic, World Championship and Commonwealth Games medalists to compete at this month’s FINA Diving Grand Prix on the Gold Coast.
BROBEN READY FOR NEXT STEP ON ROAD TO RIO
Olympic silver medalist Brittany Broben will take her next step on the road to a possible second Olympic Games when she leads an inexperienced Australian team to a diving Grand Prix event in Singapore next week.
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