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By Tom Pilcher, LONDON (Reuters) 23/07/2008 Aldridge dives into limelight with Daley Obscured by 14-year-old diving prodigy Tom Daley's sudden rise to fame is the struggle of his synchronised partner Blake Aldridge for recognition. Since Aldridge began his love affair with diving two decades ago, the London-born 25-year-old has had to deal with numerous setbacks, most notably the death of his previous diving partner Gavin Brown in a hit-and-run incident in April last year. Aldridge was selected last month to represent Britain in the men's 10-metre synchronised diving at the Beijing Olympics and he is coming to terms with the interest in his sport generated by Daley's precocity. "I've dived for 21 years and all of that has gone unnoticed," Aldridge told Reuters at the Southampton Diving Academy in southern England. "I was a... [read full story]
