Great Britain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships the championships as a whole. British divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships. Nine divers have been nominated to the roster for Team GB at the Worlds, including 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley. Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was a qualification event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Great Britain, with a top three finish in the 3 m synchronized springboard for Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, achieved a quota place for a team at the Rio games. In the individual events, Tom Daley (10m platform) and Jack Laugher (3m
1997 Individual Long Track World Championship Championship. The days of a speedway world champion in both normal track and Long Track speedway were gone. The world title was won by Tommy Dunker of Germany. 1997 Individual Long Track World Championship The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system (a series of races) and also contained races on grasstrack. The new system combined with the relatively new Speedway World Championship Grand Prix which started in 1995, effectively resulted in a separation of