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	Irina Lashko: Going for the treble - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
		Irina Lashko started diving in Russia when she was five years old and represented that country at three Olympic Games, starting in Seoul in 1988 at the age of just 14.
		But despite being national champion for 12 years, she made Australia her home in 1998, promptly won two gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and is now preparing to represent what she says is the "best country in the world" in Athens.
		Her successful selection for the Australian Olympic team means Lashko has become just the third female diver in history to compete at four Olympics.
	abc.net.au /olympics/2004/profiles/irina_lashko.htm (253 words)

	SWIMNEWS.com - The premiere swimming news and information website on the internet.
		It was ironical, that Irina moved ahead of former teamateÑNatalya Umiskova (RUS) and prevented her of adding one more medal to the two from Sunday.
		Lashko went into the final in third and her position as the last diver gave her the advantage.
		Irina is an outstanding person, and everybody in the pool especially those who remember Irina as the 14-year-old when she competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, wished her good luck and were sincerely proud of her gold.
	www.swimnews.com /SpecialEvents/Barcelona2003/Diving/results.jsp?event=w1mreport (459 words)

	rediff.com sports: Lashko wins first Commonwealth gold
		Russian-born Irina Lashko clinched Australia the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games when she won the women's one-metre springboard diving final on Thursday.
		Former world champion Lashko prevailed in a battle with reigning world champion Blythe Hartley of Canada, who squandered her chance of gold with a disappointing dive in the fourth round of the five-dive final.
		Lashko, twice an Olympic silver medallist and twice a world silver medallist on the three-metre springboard, sealed her victory with her final dive -- an inward 1-1/2 somersaults piked which earned 62.64 points and included a score of 9.5 from one of the seven judges.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/jul/25lash.htm (292 words)

	The Australian: Bitter Lashko quits Australia [ 30jul06 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lashko, who won a world title in 2003, complained her scholarship at the Victorian Institute of Sport had paid her only $3000 a year and she had survived only because her husband "worked like hell".
		Lashko – nicknamed Lashko Splashko – believed she had a further four years of competition diving left in her and would return to the family's Melbourne home.
		Lashko said the last straw had been her exclusion from Australia's Commonwealth Games team this year after finishing second to Charlene Stratton in the trials.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,19959507,00.html (401 words)

	Lashko thrilled to get back on board - Diving -
		Irina Lashko prepares for her fourth Olympic Games at the Melbourne Aquatic Centre yesterday before heading to Athens later this week.
		Lashko was born in Ekaterinburg, Russia, but these days lives in St Kilda with husband Carol Furzer and daughter Alina, who will turn 10 during the Olympics.
		Lashko has indeed started again, and last year added Australia's first diving world championships gold medal to the Olympic silvers she won for Russia in Barcelona and Atlanta.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/03/1091476494303.html (695 words)

	Lashko states her case for special selection - Sport - theage.com.au
		FORMER world champion Irina Lashko has called on Australia's selectors to use their discretionary powers and name her in the team for next month's Commonwealth Games, despite her failing to win the national title in her pet event, the one-metre springboard, last night.
		Lashko was happy with her diving last night but coming second might not be enough to gain a place on the team, selectors originally deciding that only the winner should get automatic selection.
		Lashko, a four-time Olympian, retired after winning a bronze medal with Chantelle Newbery at the Athens Olympics in the one-metre synchro, but the break was shortlived when she decided last year that she wanted to return to the pool.
	www.theage.com.au /news/sport/lashko-states-her-case-for-special-selection/2006/02/07/1139074229954.html (767 words)

	Lashko gives Australia first world diving gold - smh.com.au
		Lashko, at 30 the oldest diver in the competition, burst into tears after unleashing a spectacular last dive to take gold in a dramatic day of diving.
		Lashko, who has a nine-year-old daughter Alina, catapulted from third to the gold medal with her final dive - an inward one and a half somersault in the pike position.
		Lashko almost tumbled out of the competition at the semi-final stage today, having to pull out the highest scoring dive of the round to make the final.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/15/1058034979842.html (439 words)

	Australian Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lashko was overlooked after she only managed a second-placing in the 1m springboard event at the Games trials in Melbourne, beaten by Brisbane teenager Sharleen Stratton.
		Lashko has until the end of the week to present her statement to CAS before a hearing date is set.
		Lashko had originally decided to retire after the Athens Olympics in 2004, but after a seven-month break returned to the gruelling training schedule in order to compete in front of her adopted home town at the Commonwealth Games.
	www.olympics.com.au /news.cfm?ArticleID=6509 (421 words)

	The Hindu : Irina Lashko regains title
		Australia's Irina Lashko celebrates on the podium after winning the women's 1-metre springboard competition at the World swimming championships in Barcelona on Monday.
		The 30-year-old Lashko had represented Russia when she won the World title in the same event five years ago.
		While Lashko was busy earning headlines at Barcelona's scenic diving venue, there were problems away from the pool for Australia.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/07/16/stories/2003071603411900.htm (477 words)

	SuperSwimmer
		Lashko told Sunday's Sun Herald newspaper she had decided to return to her birth land after falling out with Australian diving officials.
		Lashko, 33, was upset at missing out on a place in the Australian team for this year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and now hopes to represent Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
		Lashko has been one of the world's finest female divers for the past 18 years, winning world titles in 1998 and 2003.
	www.superswimmer.co.za /default.asp?id=186333&des=article&scat=superswimmer/aquaticnews (182 words)

	Lashko to keep fighting for diving place
		Four-time Olympian Irina Lashko insists her career in diving is not yet over and will keep fighting for a place on the Commonwealth Games team.
		Lashko appealed to Diving Australia but on Wednesday afternoon received a fax reaffirming that she did not meet the selection criteria.
		Lashko also wanted to emphasise that her career in diving is not finished "even if I do lose my next appeal".
	news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=79261 (576 words)

	DaimlerChrysler Australia Pacific - News - Chrysler Jeep Backs Gold Medal Winning Diver Irina Lashko
		Chrysler Jeep Australia today announced that it is supporting Russian-born diving champion Irina Lashko and that she has agreed to be a Chrysler Jeep Ambassador.
		Irina, who recently won Australia’s first world championship diving gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, has long been a fan of Chrysler’s PT Cruiser and approached Chrysler Jeep seeking support.
		Irina, who won silver in the springboard at the Atlanta Olympics, plans to compete in Athens next year, when she could achieve the distinction of becoming the first woman to win a medal in diving at three separate Olympic Games.
	www.daimlerchrysler.com.au /dc_australia/0,,0-172-65707-1-114678-1-0-0-0-0-0-1282-65707-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html (387 words)

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		Lashko, who represented Russia at the 1992 and '96 Olympics before becoming an Australian citizen, advanced to the final of 3-meter springboard with the top score from Thursday's semifinals.
		Lashko hoped to give the divers from Down Under a sweep of the women's individual events.
		Lashko won the silver medal in springboard at the Barcelona Games, when the Russians were part of the Unified Team.
	cbs.sportsline.com /print/olympics/story/7616195/2 (559 words)

	Lashko mines gold for Australia - Jul. 15, 2003
		BARCELONA, Spain -- Irina Lashko finally struck gold for Australian diving when she won their first women's title in either a world championships or Olympics taking the 1m springboard at the world swimming championships here on Monday.
		And Lashko, the final diver of the competition, burst into tears as she emerged from the Montjuic pool overlooking the Catalan capital knowing that victory was hers.
		Lashko, who has an eight-year-old daughter, is no stranger to success having also won world 1m gold when competing for Russia during the 1998 championships in Perth.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2003/jul/15/spo_9-1.htm (641 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		Russian-born Irina Lashko gave her adopted country Australia a bright start to the Commonwealth Games when she led the way in the preliminary round of the women’s one-metre springboard diving today.
		Lashko was silver medallist on the three-metre springboard at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and at the 2001 World Championships when she made her global championship debut for Australia.
		Lashko, 29, finished sixth and last behind the victorious Hartley on the one-metre board at the World Championships in her unsuccessful defence of the title she won in the Australian city of Perth in January 1998 when she was still competing for her native Russia.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020726/sports.htm (4927 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PHOTO: AP Irina Lashko gave Australia its first-ever gold medal in women's diving at a major international event, taking the 1m springboard on Monday in the World Swimming Championships.
		Lashko, who won the gold in the same event in 1998 representing Russia, scored 299.97 points.
		Lashko was sixth in the 1m in the last championships in 2001 behind gold medalist Hartley.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2003/07/16/2003059694/print (336 words)

	BSP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lashko married Melbourne businessman Carol Furzer and relocated to Australia, leaving behind her family in Russia and settling into a lifestyle that juggled her duties as wife, mother and world-class diver.
		Lashko won from Canada’s Emilie Heymans and England’s Jane Smith while her athletes village roommate, Loudy Tourky, who won 10m platform gold on Saturday night, was fifth.
		Lashko’s double boosted Australia’s medal tally from the diving program which concluded last night to three gold and two bronze compared to Canada’s two gold, three silver and two bronze and an English haul of one gold, three silver and two bronze.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20020729/bsp05 (343 words)

	Lashko ends career without gold - Diving -
		After four Olympics competing for two countries, Irina Lashko has ended her diving career in Athens without a gold medal.
		Russian-born Lashko went into the final in Greece with more points than any other diver but she got nowhere near the medal podium.
		Lashko, who became an Australian citizen in 1999 after winning two Olympic silver medals for Russia, says she wants to be a mum to her 10-year-old daughter, Alina.
	www.theage.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/27/1093518036386.html (232 words)

	From Russia with love - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Irina Lashko has managed to fit a few more twists into her life than most athletes.
		One of the world’s finest female divers for the past 16 years, Lashko started out as a child prodigy who won 12 national titles in her native Russia and competed at three Olympics, the first at Seoul in 1988 when she was just 15.
		I thought he was crazy but here I am all these years later.” Lashko is the latest in a long queue of former Eastern bloc athletes to pledge their allegiance to Australia.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/apr222004/ss5.asp (504 words)

	Golden oldies reign in Spain
		While 30-year-old Lashko, who has been winning gold medals since the age of 14, showed that it is possible to combine both motherhood with success in one of the world's most technically tough sports.
		After almost failing to make it into the finals Lashko left it until her last dive to clinch victory ahead of Germany's Conny Schmalfuss with defending world champion Blythe Hartley of Canada having to settle for bronze.
		Lashko won her first world gold in the 1m when competing for Russia during the 1998 championships in Perth.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/da/Qswim-world-diving.RxkB_DlE.html (506 words)

	The World Today Archive - Special gold medal for Aussie Irina Lashko
		But it was a very special event for Russian-born Irina Lashko.
		Lashko has competed in three Olympics, but never for Australia.
		She moved to Australia in 1998, marrying an Australian, but she had sit out the Sydney Olympics so she could qualify to compete for her adopted country.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s632586.htm (153 words)

	Irina Lashko 'close to suicide' \| Herald Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		CHAMPION diver Irina Lashko was hounded out of Australia by local officials who never considered her a real Australian, her husband claims.
		Ms Lashko is now being treated like an idol in her native Russia, according to Mr Furzer.
		Mr Furzer claimed this week some members of the diving team and officials treated Lashko harshly because of jealousy or because she was not born in Australia.
	www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,20028655-14641,00.html (342 words)

	Fu Mingxia takes springboard gold
		Irina Lashko of Russia won the silver medal with 512.19 and Annie Pelletier of Canada took the bronze, 509.64.
		She gave China its third straight title in the women's springboard and fourth straight in the platform.
		Then Lashko, diving 10th, scored 59.16 on her last attempt, not a remarkable score but enough to beat Moses.
	www.canoe.ca /OlympicsDiving/jul31_spring.html (454 words)

	China Wins 4 Golds in Opening Day Matches
		Yulia Pakhalina and Vera Ilyina of Russia took the silver and Australians Irina Lashko and Chantelle Newbery the bronze of the women's synchronized 3m springboard.
		The Russians, also beaten into silver by Guo and Wu in the last two world championships, were 6.06 points behind on 330.84 with Australians Irina Lashko and Chantelle Newbery taking bronze with 309.30.
		Guo and Wu lived up to their favorites' billing by producing a series of superb dives, opening a virtually unbeatable lead after four rounds.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2004/Aug/103966.htm (680 words)

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		BARCELONA, Spain -- Russian-born Irina Lashko won the 1-meter springboard title for Australia on Monday at the World Swimming Championships.
		Lashko was the world champion in the event five years ago for Russia, and is a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 3-meter springboard.
		Lashko began competing for Australia in 2001, and won silver on the high board and was sixth on the low board at the worlds that year.
	cbs.sportsline.com /print/olympics/story/6480931 (289 words)

	Goodwill Games
		Former Russian diver and new Australian citizen Irina Lashko will compete for Australia for the first time in a major international multi-sport event at the 2001 Goodwill Games.
		Lashko was a triple medallist at the last Goodwill Games in New York in 1998, winning gold medals in the women's 1 metre (m) springboard and 3m synchronised events and bronze in the 3m springboard event.
		Lashko is also a veteran Olympian, taking out silver medals in the women's 3m springboard event at both Atlanta and Barcelona.
	www.goodwillgames.com /2001/2001_newsArt81.htm (437 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Commonwealth Games 2002 \| Swimming \| Lashko lands second gold
		Irina Lashko has won her second title of the Commonwealth Games with victory in the three-metre springboard diving.
		The gold completed an Australian sweep of the women's medals following Lashko's win in the one-metre springboard and Loudy Tourky's victory on the 10-metre board.
		And although that lead fluctuated, prior to her fifth and final dive she again enjoyed the same margin over the rest of the field that she had built up through the preliminaries.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/swimming/newsid_2155000/2155673.stm (402 words)

	China's Fu Mingxia wins springboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was in third place after Wednesday morning's semifinal, trailing Russians Lashko and Vera Ilyina.
		Moses, diving seventh of the 12 finalists, had a slim chance for bronze after an outstanding final dive pushed her total to 507.99.
		But Lashko, diving 10th, scored 59.16 on her last attempt, not a remarkable score but enough to beat Moses.
	www.onwis.com /sports/oly/diving731.html (427 words)

	China soars in springboard, takes 3-meter gold for 5th straight Games
		The only surprise of the evening came from two-time Olympic silver medalist Irina Lashko of Australia, who put some fear into Guo during the morning semifinals, edging the Chinese diver out of the front-runner spot coming into the finals.
		Even though Lashko had the lowest difficulty dive of the program, a 2 1/2 somersault in the pike position, she nailed it on her first trip to the board and garnered intimidating 9s and 9.5s.
		She executed an average backward 2 1/2 pike somersault, but then ruined her chances with a huge splash when she over-rotated on an inward 2 1/2 pike somersault.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/08/27/SPG018ERVM1.DTL&type=printable (755 words)

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