“Impressive young diving prospect Thomas Daley was yesterday named winner of the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

The award caps an exceptional year for Daley who became England’s youngest ever National Champion when he won senior Platform gold at the 2007 ASA Championships.

The 13-year-old was given special compensation to compete at this [...]

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Diving National Performance Director Steve Foley has been encouraged by Britain’s performance at last weekend’s FINA Diving World Series in Sheffield where a young team collected bronze and a run of top four finishes against a world-best field.

The two-day event, the brainchild of world governing body for aquatics FINA and the first leg of a [...]

“BANGKOK, Thailand, August 18. CHINA claimed the lion’s share of diving gold medals at the World University Games held in Bangkok, Thailand this past week.

Italy’s Noemi Batki and Ukraine’s Maria V???”

(Via Swimming World Magazine China Reigns in World University Games Diving: .)

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“Both the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Great Britain Diving Federation are urging people to find somewhere ’safe’ to dive, but the answer is that”

(Via lidos at Yahoo! Groups RNLI and GBDF say “dive safely”: .)

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“An international diving meet attracting the world’s very best divers with Olympic and World Championship credentials will offer a unique experience not only for spectators but for a volunteer workforce that will ensure the event runs smoothly.

The Amateur Swimming Association and Sheffield City Council’s Major Sports Events Unit have joined forces not only in helping [...]

“Olympic champion Li Ting kicked off a campaign for China’s gold-medal haul in the diving competition on the last day of the Bangkok University Games, breezing to the victory in the women’s 3m springboard on Saturday.

Li, who won the 10 ???”

(Via People’s Daily Online Olympic champion Li eases to win women’s 3m springboard at [...]