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Ian Chadband

Diving ace Rousseau inspired by Olympic-winning grandpa

Cassiel Rousseau's hair-raising dive in the Olympic 10m platform prelims in Paris. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian diving star Cassiel Rousseau has summoned the spirit of his Olympic-winning French grandfather as he sailed into the semi-finals of the 10m platform in Paris.

For Rousseau, world champion in 2023 in an event dominated by Chinese divers, his odyssey back in the land of his forebears has been most enjoyable as he seeks to emulate his grandpa Michel Rousseau, who was the track cycling champion for France at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

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