Congratulations
and good luck to Southampton Diving Academy’s Stacie Powell, Chris Mears and
Pete Waterfield. The trio secured their places on the British team for the
London Olympic Games which will commence at the end of July. With an excellent
performance, Stacie won the National Championships last month and will be
competing in the women’s individual platform event. Pete will also compete in
the men’s individual platform event as well as the synchronised event with
diving partner Tom Daley. Chris is a spring board specialist and will compete
in both the individual and synchronised 3m spring board events with his diving
partner Nick Robinson-Baker.
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| Dr David Jessop and Pete Waterfield |
Dr David Jessop (pictured above and below with Pete Waterfield) and Emma Patel have been working closely with the athletes over
the last year, providing biomechanical feedback and nutritional advice. Both
David and Emma have been keen to involve BSc (Hons) Applied Sport Science and
BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching students in their work with the divers. This has
given them great practice and experience in working with elite athletes whilst
also providing the perfect surroundings in which to apply what they’ve learned
in class. In March, Pete also came in to the University to give a guest lecture
and answer questions on his experiences which have seen him win medals in every
major diving competition including world cups and a silver at the Athens
Olympics in 2004.
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| Dr David Jessop and Pete Waterfield |
This
week saw the final session working with the athletes before they head off to
their training camp ahead of the start of the Games. There has been a fantastic
atmosphere during the build-up and we wish them all the best in their events.
