New zealand has selected the youngest driver for Driving Squad Gabrielle Armstrong-Scott. She will participate in Commonwealth games Delhi 2010. She is the youngest driver ever in Commonwealth games history.She will be 14 years and 34 days when the Commonwealth Games opens on October 3.
According to the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Armstrong-Scott will represent New Zealand in the 10m platform and 1m springboard competitions., She will wrest the record from gymnast Nikki Jenkins, who won vault gold at the Auckland Games in 1990 when aged 14 years and seven months.
New Zealand Diving High Performance Manager Luvaine McDonald says Armstrong-Scott's selection is significant for diving. “The Commonwealth Games is an elite event in the sport of diving, with Australia, Canada and Malaysia producing some of the world's top divers,” she said. “For a minority New Zealand sport, her selection, resulting from current performance, is significant.”
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