Oliver Dingley bridges 68-year Olympic diving gap

Ireland will have a springboard diver at the Olympic Games for the first time in 68 years.

Oliver Dingley bridges 68-year Olympic diving gap

Ireland will have a springboard diver at the Olympic Games for the first time in 68 years after Oliver Dingley secured qualification in Rio yesterday.

Dingley (23) needed to make the semi-finals (top 18) of diving’s last qualifying event which took place in the same outdoor pool that will host the Olympics this summer.

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