5:47pm Tuesday 9th February 2010
By John Geoghegan
THE HEAD coach of the British diving team has been wowed after a look around Southend’s soon-to-be-built Olympic-standard diving pool.
Last month, the British Olympic diving team expressed an interest in using the £13.5million pool at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre for training in the run up to the London games.
Yesterday, Alexei Evangulov, the team’s National Performance Director, had a look around Garon Park, in Eastern Avenue, where construction of the diving facility and public pool is unfolding.
Mr Evangulov spoke in glowing terms about the pool, which will open in October, and was very positive about its potential as a place for the Olympic team to train, including teenage medal hopeful Tom Daley.
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