From left: Divers Kate Miller and Caeli McKay, pictured with their silver medals from a synchronized 10-metre platform competition at a March 23 World Cup event in Berlin, Germany, were among five athletes named to the Canadian Olympic team Wednesday.
After just missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, Caeli McKay will look to stand on the Olympic podium for the first time when she leads a young Canadian diving team this summer in Paris. After just missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, Caeli McKay will look to stand on the Olympic podium for the first time when she leads a young Canadian diving team this summer in Paris.
"This is a big step forward for me," said McKay. "I missed the last Olympic trials because of an ankle injury. Over the last three years, I've worked really hard to get to this place, which I've been aiming for almost 20 years. I'm really excited." She had a breakout year in 2022 when she won 3m synchro gold with Mia Vallee at the Diving Grand Prix in Calgary. The pair then finished fifth at the worlds and won bronze at the Commonwealth Games.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.
They went on to win silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 2023 Pan Am Games and the 2024 World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany.
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