Talk:Tom Daley (diver)

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[edit] Confused

What is the difference between the British Championships and the ASA National Championships? Is the latter for English competitors only? Tanbace (talk) 20:02, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

It seems so, they are definitely separate events. I've now tracked down the 2007 British Championships, which confusingly took place in December 2006. The 2008 British Championships are taking place on 4-6 January 2008 in Manchester. Tanbace (talk) 21:33, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Key dates 2008

• 18-20 Jan: Madrid Grand Prix
• 19-24 Feb: World Cup, Beijing
• 28-29 Jun: British Olympic trials
• 10-23 Aug: Olympics

[edit] Youngest Olympian status

I know this cox has said that he was younger, but does he count? He didn't actually compete himself in my book. I guess the key question is whether a rowing cox is eligible for a medal. Does anyone know if he is? Luwilt (talk) 20:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Course he counts! He certainly competed, you try rowing a coxed boat without one and see how you get on! No idea if he's eligible for a medal, but he's definitely an Olympian. Ged UK (talk) 21:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Further, I've checked through wikipedia, and Patrick Sweeney (rower) is classed as having won a Bronze, so I think that's that. Ged UK (talk) 21:32, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Well that is pretty stupid. It would make more sense to give coaches medals. Try rowing a coxed boat without a boatbuilder, but boatbuilders don't get medals. Tom Daley is an outstanding athlete, but can the same be said of the cox who is supposedly the record holder? I don't think so. His achievement is essentially fake. It was gifted to him by the real Olympians. They might have put an eight year old in the boat, or a baby for that matter, and they could still have reached the end of the course, but a baby couldn't do Tom Daley's dives. Luwilt (talk) 19:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Stupid or not, there it is. Ged UK (talk) 19:50, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Surely a rowing cox deserves a medal equally, if not more so, than a "diver." Daley isn't an athlete- he jumps off a platform, anyone with any nerve does that at central park most days- the cox guides a boat, and co-ordinates its movements. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.242.189 (talk) 20:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

This isn't the place for this discussion. I expect the IOC have message boards somewhere. Coxes get medals, so do divers. Until the IOC change that, there's nothing really to discuss as far as I can see. Ged UK (talk) 16:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)