The majority of Australia's artistic swimming team will be competing in their first Olympic Games when they dive into a pool they have fond memories of in Paris.
Tokyo Olympians Rayna Buckle and Kiera Gazzard will return for their second Games, with the rest of the athletes making their Olympic debut.High scores and fond memories of a "beautiful" Paris pool have buoyed Australia 's artistic swimming team of architects, engineers, teachers and paramedics in the making.
The team includes athletes balancing full-time training and regular international competition with study in architecture, engineering, education and paramedics. It also won three medals at China's World Cup last month and finished fourth in the team free discipline in the Paris Cup earlier this month."It's so special," Gazzard said.
"Having a whole team of girls around me that are doing the exact same thing it just pushes me more and more every day.
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