On May 27 my name was announced to be a member of the Australian Olympic Diving Team.

The team includes: Alex Croak, Mathew Helm, Matthew Mitcham, Chantelle Newbery, Robert Newberry, Scott Robertson, Sharleen Stratton, Melissa Wu and myself.

Each team member was presented with a beautiful Don Sheil plaque, on the back it is engraved with: Diving Australia, Briony Cole, Olympian, 2008 Australian Olympic Team, Games of the XXIXth Olympiad – Beijing.

It is very exciting to see my name and the word Olympian in the same sentence! After the announcements there were lots of interviews and photos taken, it was all very exciting and lots of fun.

The Beijing Olympics will be my first Olympics and I can't wait for them to begin.

I will be competiting in my two favourite events: Women's 3m Synchronised with Sharleen Stratton and the Women's 10m Synchronised with Melissa Wu.

On June 1 the Olympic Team is off to Rostock, Germany for our final international competition before the Olympics.