Repeating this impact too often can result in injury. What is an Olympic diving springboard made of? All modern major diving competitions, including the Olympic Games, utilize springboards made by the ...

In springboard competition, each diver will perform a dive from five different categories: forward, backward, reverse, inward, and twisting. China has dominated most all of the Olympic diving ...

The International Federation of Aquatic Sports (FINA) requires that all platform diving take place from a platform 10 meters above ground, whereas springboard divers compete on boards at one and ...

Even when he hit his head on the springboard executing a dive in 1988 ... where Louganis found himself rolling off the end of the diving board. This led his father to enroll him in diving classes.

Worobel was victorious on the 1-meter springboard with a list score of 334.10, eclipsing Daryn Wright's freshman benchmark from two years ago. Worobel also moved into fifth place in program history ...

Chen Yiwen secured China a seventh diving gold at the Paris Games with a win in the women's 3-metre springboard event on Friday. The Chinese team can now complete a unprecedented gold medal sweep ...