We are delighted to share the outstanding news that Clifton High students and Synchronized Swimming athletes, Kate and Izzy, qualified to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics this week
Congratulations girls - the whole school community is behind you as you make your way to Tokyo to compete on the world stage.
Below is Kate's report of her experience at the qualifiers:
Last week Izzy and I travelled to Barcelona to compete in the Tokyo 2020(1) Olympic Qualifiers.
Since competitions have all been suspended throughout the pandemic, and most countries have had their training interrupted, we weren’t sure what to expect.
It was a very tense and emotional competition because there were only 9 remaining duet spaces for the Tokyo Olympics (out of a potential 30 countries), but we are ecstatic to report we have secured our Olympic Ticket! We now have a busy 4 weeks final preparation before we fly to Tokyo on the 19th July ready to compete on the 4th and 5th August.
Its been a long and very challenging Olympic Cycle, with qualifiers having been postponed 4 times since May 2020, not to mention all the uncertainty surrounding the Games itself!
We would both like to send a huge thank you to the CHS community who guided us both through 3 years of A levels, and opened up invaluable pool time during the course of all this uncertainty in order to help us achieve our Olympic dream. We could not have achieved all of this without your support.
