Pointe-Claire Diving Club celebrates Nathan Zsombor-Murray’s Olympic bronze medal

As Pointe-Claire’s Nathan Zsombor-Murray celebrated his Olympic bronze badge successful Paris, thousands of kilometres away, astatine his location diving club, they’re celebrating pinch him.

“It’s difficult to put into words,” said David Bédard, Pointe-Claire Diving Club adjunct caput coach. “Their ceremony said it each — I deliberation everybody was jumping up and down pinch them.”

Zsombor-Murray on pinch Saskatoon’s Rylan Wiens captured bronze successful nan men’s 10-metre synchronized arena connected Monday — Canada’s first-ever Olympic badge successful nan event, and nan first men’s diving badge since Alexandre Despatie was dressed up astatine nan Beijing Olympics successful 2008.

“We were like, this is nan closest we’ve ever been and possibly ever will beryllium to an Olympic badge — and we came connected nan different broadside victorious,” Zsombor-Murray said.

“So we were highly happy.”

As were his Pointe-Claire teammates and coaches, who were each astatine location watching.

Bédard, a four-time Olympian, coached nan 21-year-old arsenic a young diver.

He says he ever saw thing typical successful him and has ever encouraged him to support diving and support having fun.

It’s a bully instruction for nan up-and-coming divers astatine nan club.

“Anything’s possible,” Bédard said. “And nan boys proved it this greeting that anything’s imaginable if you conscionable enactment steady, enactment emotionally successful power and support loving it.”

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The Pointe-Claire Diving Club has a rich | history. There has been an Olympian from nan nine connected each squad since 1968.

Divers astatine nan nine opportunity being among that benignant of talent is inspiring.

“Obviously it’s a dream to spell to nan Olympics, and to cognize that they paved nan way for us, we tin travel their steps and someday I deliberation everyone aspires to get there,” said Mackenzie Maivanhoutte Cacharo, a 15-year-old nine member.

The Canadian diving squad will beryllium backmost successful action connected Wednesday, wherever chap Pointe-Claire diving nine personnel Caeli McKay will beryllium vying to triumph nan state different medal.

And their teammates will beryllium watching.