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WATCH NOW: FINA Diving World Series
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Road to the Olympic Games: Diving & figure skating
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FINA Diving Grand Prix from Quebec
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TITANIC wreck diving holidays to be offered by UK travel operator
A UK travel company is set to launch tours to the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic. London-based Blue Marble Private will take groups of nine at a time, on an adventure deep under water. Spanning a length of eight days, the pioneering journey will depart from the coast of Newfoundland, heading 370 miles to the […]
MAPPED: The Red Sea and Cayman Islands among the BEST spots for scuba diving
Depending on where you are travelling to, scuba diving seems to one of the activities offered to hundreds of tourists. And with an increasing number of websites offering, advice, lessons and selling equipment, it can get a little confusing as to where exactly should plane your underwater trip. Everyone will have a varied criteria as […]
New Canadian diving tandems win gold, silver at Grand Prix
Jennifer Abel and new partner Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu won gold in the women’s synchro three-metre springboard at the Grand Prix opener in Rostock, Germany on Sunday. Abel and Citrini-Beaulieu were the second new Canadian team to win a medal Sunday after Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay won silver in synchro 10-metre platform. Abel, a two-time Olympic from Laval, […]
Canadian diving team reboots for 2020 Olympic push
Caeli McKay will never forget the first time she spotted her idol, three-time Olympic medallist Meaghan Benfeito. McKay was only 13 years old, and nervously warming up at her first senior nationals, in Quebec City. “I remember getting there and jumping on the trampoline and seeing them and feeling so intimidated and so nervous,” she […]
Roseline Filion on why she’s done diving and what’s next
Twenty years after jumping head first into the sport she loves, two-time Olympic medallist Roseline Filion is retiring from competitive diving. CBC Sports caught up with the Canadian to talk about her decision to take her life in a new direction. CBC | Sports News