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Kelowna divers Nyah Hedstrom, Addison Anonby and Samantha Viger left on Wednesday afternoon with their coach Christina Unger to Fort St. John for the 2020 B.C. Winter Games.

Unger said the girls have worked hard to get to where they are. Besides training for three hours four days a week, she said her athletes had to beat other divers in a qualifying round in Langley last December to be able to go to the games.

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Nyah had only been diving for four months and she said it felt surreal to be involved in a big competition.

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Addison has participated in various local meets but up until now, the biggest one she went to was the Novice Nationals in Kamloops.

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Samantha said she felt nervous and excited all at once, and that her goal is to have fun.

Unger said they trained hard, but the goal is to have fun at the end of the day.

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The games香蕉视频直播� opening ceremonies will be on Thursday. The Kelowna Springboard Diving Club athletes will be in meets from Friday until Sunday.

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