The individual diving events at the Olympics consist of three rounds: preliminary, semifinal and final. The preliminary round trims the field of divers to 18, which is then reduced to 12 after the ...

How fast do divers hit the water off the platform? Platform divers hit the water at speeds between 30 and 35 miles per hour. Repeating this impact too often can result in injury. What is an Olympic ...

At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games ... they know that China is the best.” Later, he added: “And then, in just diving, what sets them apart? I have no clue. I think they just train harder and ...

When you hit the water from 20 metres up and are moving at 85 kilometres per hour there is no room for error. Rhiannan ...

28-year-old Russian diver Nadezhda Bazhina saw her Olympic medal dreams vanish before her eyes on a brutal dive in the women's 3-meter springboard prelims. After scoring well on her other five ...

Tom Daley has knitted jumpers, cardigans and speedos, and now the retired Olympic diving champion is displaying his most colourful creations yet with an exhibition of his handicrafts in Tokyo.

Ron O’Brien, who guided four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis and many more American diving stars in a 34-year ...

This week Croaston has been competing at the Olympic Diving Trials in hopes of representing the United States at this year’s Olympics in Sydney. Vying against 16 of the country’s best divers for only ...

It's always been funny to me how the word "awkward" looks exactly that. Now FiveThirtyEight has an intriguing read on why the relationship between the Olympic Games and tennis is also, well ...