Sheffield's Ponds Forge has been given huge praise by Steve Foley, the man who will be partly responsible for guiding the US diving team to success in the London 2012 Olympics.
Foley, speaking during part of a three-day visit to the city by a number of US Olympic committee members, said: “ Ponds Forge is one of best aquatics centres in the world. For a training venue it’s great, really world class. So it's good for us to have our best divers training in the best environment”.
Foley has a distinguished career in the sport of diving, having competed at the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, and is currently in the role of High performance director of US Diving.
The Australian also said that Sheffield rates as better than the pre-Beijing camp in the last Olympics: “This is probably better, because it’s an event pool. The one we trained in before Beijing was just a very small diving pool, so I think it's good for us to come here and dive in a big event pool”.
Sheffield City Council Leader Paul Scriven was also present at the visit and says other national teams are in discussions to also come to the City: “We’ve got the Serbia team already here and the Brazilian judo team are coming aswell. And we’re also talking to other teams trying to make sure we utilise as many of our sporting facilities to get teams here and really promote Sheffield”.
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