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Beloved Water Polo Coach Found Dead in Sydney Gymnasium

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A 21-year-old water polo coach and university student was found dead with brutal head wounds in the bathroom of her private school gymnasium in Sydney. Her grandmother describes her as bright and loyal, and the community has been offering tributes since her death.

That is how Barbara Adelt described her granddaughter Lilie James, the beloved water polo coach and university student who was found dead with brutal head wounds in the bathroom of her private school gymnasium in Sydney’s CBD last week.Flavio Brancaleone

Adelt said her granddaughter never stopped learning and doing new things, juggling her studies with working four-and-a-half days a week and coaching swimming and water polo at St Andrew’s Cathedral School.Her comments came as studentsMourners placed flowers outside St Andrew’s on Monday morning as students returned to the CBD campus for the first time since the tragedy.

Counselling stations have been set up at the school for students showing signs of distress. All sports and music activities have been cancelled and the school’s sports centre and a pedestrian plaza between Town Hall and St Andrew’s Cathedral will remain out of bounds.

 

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