The team spent much of last week in Washington, completing their domestic training camp in Montgomery County and visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The US Olympic diving team. Photograph courtesy of USA Diving.
Much of the American Olympic delegation is now in Europe, some in the Olympic Village
and others scattered throughout the continent at training camps. Last week, though,
the American diving team was in Washington, holding a camp in Montgomery County.
For locals, the opportunity to meet the Olympians and watch them prepare for the games
was exciting—even simple practices drew crowds.
For the county and Montgomery Dive Club, which played host at the Kennedy Shriver
Aquatic Center, the camp was a reason to improve facilities in ways that will benefit
both the club and USA Diving moving forward. MDC program director Doug Beavers said in an interview that this camp spurred the creation of an in-house dry-land
training facility, which will better equip the club to produce champions and will
position the North Bethesda rec center as a suitable host site for future camps.
For the Olympians, the training and publicity opportunities were great. “The camp
was awesome,” said first-time Olympian Cassidy Krug, who grew up in Pittsburgh and made regular trips to the Montgomery Country facility
to compete as a child. “The facilities were great. The MDC team and local fans were
beyond friendly and really made us feel special.”
For Krug and the other ten members of the team, a Friday visit to Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center was also a highlight of the trip. As four-time Olympian Troy Dumais described it: “I loved it. . . . It’s a phenomenal facility, and it was great to see
these people who keep working for what they believe in despite whatever setbacks they
may have experienced.”
“It was emotionally uplifting to see how hard these people are working and how much
they’re getting out of their time there,” Dumais said.
First-time Olympian Katie Bell said via Twitter after the visit: “Great day visiting the soldiers at the Walter Reed
hospital. The things we have in common we both represent the USA and we want to win!”
The team members took that motivation to London with them Sunday, where they’ll begin
competing July 29.
The US Olympic Diving Team Visits Walter Reed
The team spent much of last week in Washington, completing their domestic training camp in Montgomery County and visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Much of the American Olympic delegation is now in Europe, some in the Olympic Village
and others scattered throughout the continent at training camps. Last week, though,
the American diving team was in Washington, holding a camp in Montgomery County.
For locals, the opportunity to meet the Olympians and watch them prepare for the games
was exciting—even simple practices drew crowds.
For the county and Montgomery Dive Club, which played host at the Kennedy Shriver
Aquatic Center, the camp was a reason to improve facilities in ways that will benefit
both the club and USA Diving moving forward. MDC program director
Doug Beavers said in an interview that this camp spurred the creation of an in-house dry-land
training facility, which will better equip the club to produce champions and will
position the North Bethesda rec center as a suitable host site for future camps.
For the Olympians, the training and publicity opportunities were great. “The camp
was awesome,” said first-time Olympian
Cassidy Krug, who grew up in Pittsburgh and made regular trips to the Montgomery Country facility
to compete as a child. “The facilities were great. The MDC team and local fans were
beyond friendly and really made us feel special.”
For Krug and the other ten members of the team, a Friday visit to Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center was also a highlight of the trip. As four-time Olympian
Troy Dumais described it: “I loved it. . . . It’s a phenomenal facility, and it was great to see
these people who keep working for what they believe in despite whatever setbacks they
may have experienced.”
“It was emotionally uplifting to see how hard these people are working and how much
they’re getting out of their time there,” Dumais said.
First-time Olympian
Katie Bell said via Twitter after the visit: “Great day visiting the soldiers at the Walter Reed
hospital. The things we have in common we both represent the USA and we want to win!”
The team members took that motivation to London with them Sunday, where they’ll begin
competing July 29.
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