By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Mission Viejo will function a coaching middle for divers from France and Australia with the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The teams be a part of the Netherlands and Crew USA as divers already introduced to be conducting their coaching in Mission Viejo.
“Top-of-the-line investments our Metropolis made a long time in the past was constructing a world-class diving facility,” stated Mission Viejo Mayor Robert Ruesch. “We’re so excited to have Dutch, Aussie, French and American divers name Mission Viejo their dwelling away from dwelling in 2028.”
Mission Viejo is dwelling to an outside pool and is roughly 70 miles from Rose Bowl Aquatic Middle, the brand new introduced location for the diving competitors on the 2028 LA Olympics. Diving had beforehand been scheduled to happen at Exposition Park, the identical location of diving on the 1932 Olympic Video games.
The proposed transfer on the finish of August 2025 was accepted unanimously simply two weeks in the past. Diving is scheduled to run July 16-Twenty second and July 25-Twenty eighth, 2028.
Along with Mission Viejo serving as a coaching location in 2028, the announcement additionally stated that “a number of of the groups” can have coaching camps in 2026 and 2027 as effectively. Australia is among the many groups that can have a camp in 2026.
“Mission Viejo has world-class amenities offering the proper surroundings for our Australian divers to simulate to the LA28 out of doors diving venue previous to the principle occasion and we’re already planning our first coaching camp for 2026 to start the preparations,” Adrian Hinchliffe, Head Coach & Program Director of Diving Australia, stated.
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