Diving

At the age of 10 she knew that diving was the sport for her. Throughout her 16 years career, diving helped her overcome depression, anxiety, and lack of self-belief, until she won bronze in Tokyo 2020. Watch her story. 
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Melissa Wu, the Australian Olympic Diver Who Does Not Give Up | Splash In

In the same pool where Australian Melissa Wu first watched divers plunge into the water below during Sydney 2000, the veteran Olympian toils day in and day out thanks to a flame that still burns from within.
“I stay motivated and hungry to keep coming here and training every day

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Australian diver Melissa Wu poses during an Australian 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games swim team portrait session at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on May 13, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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Headed to a fourth Olympics, diver Melissa Wu finds her drive internally: ‘You have what it takes within you’

For Olympic Day 2020, we invited YOU to #StayActive with top-class athletes in live workouts around the globe. Enjoy the best of an action-packed day with appearances from some of the biggest hitters in the world of sport.

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The world of sport work out together on #OlympicDay!

Challenge yourself. Join the Olympic Day workout with Australian diver and Olympic silver medallist Melissa Wu!

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Five-time Olympian Melissa Wu will be competing in the final of the women’s 10m platform event at the Paris 2024 Olympics diving competition on Tuesday.
The women’s 10m platform final will start at 11:00 PM AEST. The Paris 2024 Olympics diving event will be live streamed and broadcast on TV

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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 05: Melissa Wu of Team Australia competes in the Women's 10m Platform Semifinal on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Aquatics Centre on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

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Melissa Wu dives into final in record fifth Olympics

Two-time Olympic medallist Melissa Wu will spearhead the Australian diving team at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The 32-year-old Australian diver, who marked her Games’ debut at Beijing 2008 with a silver medal, will be making her fifth Olympic appearance at Paris 2024.
Diving events at Paris 2024 will take place

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: Melissa Wu of Team Australia competes in the Women's 10m Platform Semifinal on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Australia’s diving schedule

Melissa Wu will make history at Paris 2024 by becoming the first Australian diver to compete in five Olympics.

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Melissa Wu dives into Australian sporting history

'China's golden streak snapped as Cassiel Rousseau wins 10m Platform,' trumpeted the headline on the World Aquatics news feed following the spectacular win by the Aussie diver at the World Championships in Fukuoka on 22 July.
'Rousseau leaps into the history books with Australia’s first diving gold,' blazed the Brisbane

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Australian diving team's home away from home on the road reaping rewards

Melissa Wu and Charli Petrov put on a near-perfect show to win the women's 10m synchronised diving at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday (6 August).
The Australian duo are at opposite ends of their careers, with Wu competing in her Australian-record fifth Commonwealth Games, while Petrov is just 14

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SMETHWICK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Gold medalists, Charli Petrov and Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu of Team Australia pose with their medals during the medal ceremony for the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final on day nine of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Sandwell Aquatics Centre on August 06, 2022 on the Smethwick, England. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Melissa Wu and Charli Petrov win women's 10m platform title

At just 16-years-old, China's Duan Yu became a world champion in the mixed 10m platform synchronised diving alongside Ren Qian.
Meanwhile, another 16-year-old in Oleksii Sereda teamed up with Sofia Lyskun to win silver, and Ukraine's first world medal in the event.
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TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: Bronze Medalist Melissa Wu of Team Australia celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's 10m Platform Final on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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FINA World Championships Budapest 2022, as it happened: Day 14 - Diving with Melissa Wu and Qian Ren, and water polo semi-finals

Are you ready to dive deep into the world of aquatics?
Splash In, a new series launched by the Olympic Channel on Olympics.com on Thursday (16 June), provides a fresh insight into life across the water sport spectrum, showcasing the highs and lows of life in the pool.
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Splash In: Aquatic athletes star in new Olympic Channel series - Watch now

In a diving competition for the ages, People's Republic of China's QUAN Hongchan set the 10m platform final alight with three 10s.
The impeccable Quan, only 14 years of age, barely made a ripple as she surged ahead with a score of 466.20. Teammate CHEN Yuxi won silver, more than

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HONGCHAN Quan of Team China competes in the Women's 10m Platform Final on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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QUAN Hongchan, 14, scores perfect tens to win women's 10m platform diving gold

Beijing 2008 silver medallist Melissa Wu is still among the best divers in the world. The 29-year-old Australian has been through a lot in her amazing career and gives us an insight into what keeps her going as she gets ready for a fourth Olympics, the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021.

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Melissa Wu on facing loss, bullying, and ‘what drives me now’

Olympic Day 2020 was celebrated with people across the globe getting active, getting moving, and getting involved.
Amazing Olympians led the way with the Olympic Day Workout that spanned five continents and crossed borders in 20 different time zones.
The @Olympics and @OlympicChannel Instagram handles put Olympic Day into the

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This Women's 10m Platform Semi-Final took place at the Aquatics Centre, France, on 05/08/2024.

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Melissa Wu, the Australian Olympic Diver Who Does Not Give Up | Splash In

Headed to a fourth Olympics, diver Melissa Wu finds her drive internally: ‘You have what it takes within you’

The world of sport work out together on #OlympicDay!

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Melissa Wu, the Australian Olympic Diver Who Does Not Give Up | Splash In

Headed to a fourth Olympics, diver Melissa Wu finds her drive internally: ‘You have what it takes within you’

The world of sport work out together on #OlympicDay!

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Olympic Results

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