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Linda Cuthbert: bounces backCuthbertresumesdivingTORONTO (CP) - Linda Cuthbert climbed back on to the diving board this week, but was In no rush to perform The Dive.The Dive is a tricky reverse 2y2 somersault off the three-metre board.The Dive put her in hospital May 17 after the 24-year-old Toronto resident struck her head on the board during competition at the Etobicoke Olym-pium. After slipping unconscious to the bottom of the pool, Cuthbert was rushed to hospital. She suffered a deep gash on the back of her head ana concussion.What is it like to be back?“I guess you could call it boardshy,” she said. “It’ll always be in the back of my mind, the fear from the accident. You just have to overcome it. I got up on the board a few weeks ago and bounced around and 1 felt like a total spastic. It’s going to take a long time to get in condition.”
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Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Wed, Jun 18, 1980

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