Since joining forces in November 2007, Aldridge and Daley have raised eyebrows at Beijing's spectacular "Water Cube" with a third-placed finish in February at the World Cup when they needed a top-eight place to guarantee Britain an Olympic spot.
Beijing Games a month away
In May they won the World Series in Sheffield. However they are debutants on sport's biggest stage and one half of the act is only 14, so Daley's coach Andy Banks is playing down their chances.
"Getting the medals is going to be very difficult, though anything can happen. If you look at the Athens Olympics (when Leon Taylor and Pete Waterfield won silver for Britain) the Chinese guy failed a dive, the Russian hit the board and the American fell off," he said.
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