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Divers Secure Spots in Rio Olympics at Test Event

By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The FINA Diving World Cup and Rio 2016 warm-up event wrapped up yesterday, Wednesday February 24th, after six days of competition in Barra da Tijuca. The remaining 88 spaces for the 2016 Olympics were filled. Among others, Brazil won a further two places and Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom ensured the island will have its first ever male Olympic diver.

Knight-Wisdom, who was born in the UK to Jamaican and Barbadian parents, reached the semi-finals of the 3m individual springboard event earning him a spot at the . . .

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