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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey at the Aquatics Centre, Paris

‘I’m just happy to be alive’: Spendolini-Sirieix opens up on her mental health

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix reacts after the final
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix missed out on a second Olympic medal in the individual final. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

The British diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix spoke of being happy to wake up at all on the morning of her ­diving final after a period of poor mental health, as she missed out on a second Olympic medal.

The 19-year-old diver, who won a bronze last week in the synchronised 10-metre platform with Lois Toulson, came sixth in the individual final on Tuesday afternoon, but Spendolini-Sirieix said her tears on leaving the pool had not been in response to her performance.

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