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■GladoOver/TOKYO (UPI) — Barbara McAlister' Talmage, a .diver from Phoenix, is “terribly relieved” now that the wear andtear -of competition is over.Mrs. Talmage placed eighth«in the Olympic platform diving event. Gold medal winner was 17-year-old Lesley BuSh;of Zor-ange, N.J.“I admit I’ve done better,”she said, “but I am now in the best diving shape I’ve ever been in,” referring to her fine per; formahce in the trials.Mrs. Talmage had words of praise for the' new Olympic swimming pool. “It’s really4 rgorgeous,” she sighed.\' ’ ‘ VThe 23-year-old diver is one of three girls from Phoenix’s Dick Smith • Swim Gym, who made the American- divingteam. Now that the anxietiesof competition are.over, Mrs.'Talmage can relax and enjoyher stay in Japan. ’.- * . * *“I was here two years agoand I really loved it,” said the pretty. diver, “But I’m afraid that I find Tokyo prices too high for my pocketbook. I do most of my shopping out ■■ at Tachikawa (an Air Force base town just outside of Tokyo.)”Mrs. Talmage commented onthe fact that' divers were generally older than American swimmers. “It takes lpnger for a diver to mature. In diving there is a great deal of subjective judging involved,” she said,4Mrs: Talmage, whose husband is' a businessman, misses her family very much. “I love Japan, but I admit I’m homesick for my husband and myparentrf,” she aaid.
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Scottsdale Progress
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Tue, Oct 20, 1964
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