The Brazilian diving team will travel to Beijing on Sunday to
compete in a World Cup event.
The competition will take place between February 19-25 and will
define who will take part in the Olympics Games in August.
The national team will count on five athletes to secure the
Olympic spot: Cesar Castro, Cassius Duran, Hugo Parisi, Ubirajara
Barbosa and Juliana Veloso.
Castro has already secured a spot in the 3-meter diving by
receiving the 8th place in the World Swimming Championships in
Melbourne in March, 2007.
"I hope that all five athletes qualify. They all have chances of
receiving a spot in each of their events," said Alice Kohler, the
supervisor of the Brazilian team.
Before arriving at the Water Cube, the venue of the World Cup,
the Brazilians will train four days in Tianjin, roughly 90 minutes
from Beijing.
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(Xinhua News Agency February 8, 2008)