Caeli McKay leads Canadian diving team into Paris Games
McKay, a Calgary native who moved to Montreal as a teenager, severely injured her ankle before that year’s Canadian trials, depriving her of landing an Olympic spot in the individual 10-metre platform event.
“Looking back on it, I learned a lot,” McKay said. “The mental strength that I gained there, the things that I learned there and the power of the mentality has come through and is with me now – and I’m taking it to Paris. Margo Erlam, a 22-year-old from Calgary, booked her spot by surprisingly beating out veteran diver Pamela Ware on the three-metre springboard at Canadian trials in May.
“He helped me realize that I had potential, and taught me how to get comfortable with myself on the international stage and find my own value,” McKay said. “I was always feeling like the underdog. “My goal is always to medal,” she said. “Individually and within my team with Kate, we have a good potential to medal if we do our dives the way we can.
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