Zalika Mathula & Stefan Steenkamp

WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPS JAPAN

 The 2023 World Aquatics Championships, the 20th edition of the FINA World
Aquatics Championships, will be held in Fukuoka, Japan from July 14-30,
2023. It will be the second time Fukuoka hosts this meet, 22 years after the
2001 World Aquatics Championships.
 The event was pushed back a second time to 2023 due to ongoing travel
restrictions and safety measures in place in Japan
ZALIKA
 Was crowned Most Promising Athlete of the Year at recent the annual
Gauteng Sports Awards.
 2022 was a big year for the diving sensation, representing South Africa at the
World Junior Diving Championships in Canada, and the FINA World
Championships in Hungary.
 This followed her success at the 2022 SA Diving Championships where she
placed first in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard dives.
 The athlete who hopes to fly South Africa’s flag high at the 2024 Paris
Olympic Games, started diving when she was 9-years-old and currently
specialises in springboard diving and synchronised diving.
 And even though Methula is a junior she competed in the 1m women’s senior
event while in Canada, finishing in the top 12. This competition saw 250
divers from over 40 countries competing.