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schools was disruptive to her education. She also expressed how traveling around would upset her and made her sick more than usually expected, while she also felt lacking in confidence and considered herself as her "own worst enemy", suggesting that she didn't have the experience or consistency as other competitors like
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team. At the time of the accident, Cuthbert was in second place in the
Olympic trials and almost a certainty to secure a place on the Olympic team in both the 3 metre and 10 metre events. She had trained for 10 years to make the Olympic team. She suffered with a deep gash to the head and concussion.
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and hit her head on the springboard, falling unconscious into the pool. The dive she performed was a reverse 2.5 somersault, one she was familiar and experienced with, yet despite plenty of height, did not manage to get far enough out from the board. On her descent, she hit her head against the
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showed this was not the case, instead just being concussion. Speaking after coming around, Cuthbert said "I don't remember too much, but it's finally beginning to hit me." As a result, she missed out on making the
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533:. At the age of 18, Cuthbert measured 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) tall and weighed 104 pounds (47 kg) and was described as being as "pretty as a picture". As of 2021, Cuthbert lived in
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diving event, just missing out on bronze. During her employment with a bank, she would be permitted time off to train and would receive $ 600 annual training expenses from the
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