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"THE CHINA MAIL

R3, 1988

Lessons From The European Swimming Meet

London, August 22,

who is only eighteen and looks as if he may for many years be better than any of the youngsters of international ranking wo are likely to produce.

ONLY ONE

years

assiduous coaching of promising Games come round, we may have Sweden, a powerfully-built swimmer In English eyes the most satis- foreign exponents, developed a team

material and entertaining leading the best in the world.

STILL LAG factory feature of the European of men divers with real merit. From But our swimmers still lag be championships meeting at the them have come Flying Officer C. D. hind. Undoubtedly they improve Empire Pool. Wembley, was the

Tomalin, now champion of the Bri- the record-breaking feats at the diving events.

tish Empire, and F. G. Hodges, who national championships meeting. last To win first and has just secured third place in the month provide tangible evidence as We cannot for ever rely on N. Wain- third positions in the women's European springboard championship. to this but their progress is slower wright and R. H. Leivers, the brilliant springboard championship Was a Fortunately tho Highgate en- than that of the foreigners, and Potteries swimmers, who for veritable triumph, and there was thusiasm spread to women's diving in consequence the somewhat con-have been Britain's worthy if not win-

circles, with the result that added satisfaction in the fact that greater progress was made than in win two and perhaps three of the events at international swimming fes- even fident expectations that Britain would ning representatives in men's distance we were placed in the men's spring the case of the men. Miss B. Slade, men's freestyle championships

were tivals, The only youngators who board diving and well up to the the now European springboard not fulfilled.

seem likely to step into their shoes are foreign standards in the highboard champion, is now only seventeen, Indeed, the only title won in 1984– K, R. H. Deane, the Great Yarmouth events.

while Miss E. Child, of Romford, is the men's backstroke championship schoolboy, and J. I. Hale, of Hull. but fourteen, and the recent interna- had to be given up, and an ominous Among the women swimmers we had tional competitions made it plain not feature so far as our future prospects only one at the European champion- only that we have the best women áre concerned was that the winner of ships who aroused any enthusiasm→ springboard divers in Europe but two championship, the 400 metres and D. Storey, of Leeds, a gallant runner- that by the time the 1940 Olympic 1,500 metres, was Bjorn Borg, of up for the breast-stroke title.

The revival here can be traced to the ' enthusiasm and ability of the members of the Highgate Diving Club, led by Paul Herbert, who, by

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