Melissa Wu will headline the largest Australian diving squad to head to an Olympic Games since 2012, while becoming the first Australian diver to make five Games.
"I actually ended up with about four weeks of proper training … it was kind of quite down to the wire."I knew I didn't have the prep that I needed, not just in that bit, but the whole year basically."Those injuries included a debilitating knee problem — Wu could not bend or straighten her knee a month out from trials — and a neck injury that required two cortisone injections in the lead up to the trials.
That includes Japanese stalwart Ken Terauchi — the only diver to appear at six Games — Italians Franco Cagnotto and Tania Cagnotto, South Korean Leong Mun Yee and the most decorated diver of all time, Russian Dmitry Sautin."It's an incredible feeling and I think, given that the Olympics are four years apart, each Olympics definitely feels different because you're at a different stage of your life," Wu said.
"Now I feel, having done that, I can just appreciate it more be grateful and really enjoy the experience and what it means to compete for Australia at the Olympics."Wu acknowledged that she would be a role model for some of the younger athletes on the team, especially the four debutants set to make their Olympic bow in Paris.
"Seeing my name come second at nationals was a huge shock and I was just in tears for probably about an hour.For Keeney, who missed selection for the Tokyo Games, the return to Olympic competition is just one part of her career.
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