Caeli McKay leads young Canadian diving team into Paris Olympics

The 24-year-old from Calgary was among five athletes named to the team Wednesday by Diving Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee.It was a comeback performance from McKay, who sustained a serious ankle injury at the Canadian Olympic trials shortly before the games. She withdrew from the individual 10-metre competition in Tokyo to focus on the synchro event, but is slated to dive in both competitions in Paris.

Her partner in the synchro event at these games will be 19-year-old Kate Miller of Ottawa, who will make her Olympic debut. McKay and Miller combined to finish sixth at the world championships in Doha, Qatar, in February to qualify for the Olympics.Margo Erlam, Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray were also named to the Olympic squad.

The 22-year-old Wiens, from Saskatoon, and 21-year-old Zsombor-Murray, from Pointe-Claire, Que., return for a second Olympics. Both participated in the individual 10m in Tokyo but did not advance to the final. Zsombor-Murray and Vincent Riendeau finished fifth in the 10m synchro. Individually, Wiens returned from injury to place fifth in the men’s 10m platform at the 2024 world championships. He followed up with a silver medal at the World Cup in Berlin.

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