Category: diving

USA Diving’s “Perfect 10”

The “Perfect 10” is two-time Olympian Abby Johnston’s brainchild, born shortly after the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Diving wrapped up in June.

“We took a party bus from the pool at Olympic Trials to the celebration for everyone who had made the Olympic team,“ Johnston said. “So it was just the divers on the bus.”
As the music played, the 10 athletes who qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Diving Team collectively decided that an official team nickname was needed.

“I can’t remember some of the options that were thrown out but then I was like, ‘How about Perfect 10?’” said Johnston. “It stuck.”

The Perfect 10, referring to both the 10 team members and diving’s 10-point scoring system, is in contention for several medals. The squad looks to match the four-medal haul from London, where Team USA ended a 12-year medal drought with three medals in synchronized events and David Boudia’s gold in 10-meter. …

Watch Out “Fierce Five,” USA Diving’s “Perfect 10” Is Ready To Rock Rio

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - JUNE 26: Abby Johnston competes in the Women's 3m Springboard final during day 9 of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for diving at Indiana University Natatorium on June 26, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JUNE 26: Abby Johnston competes in the Women’s 3m Springboard final during day 9 of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for diving at Indiana University Natatorium on June 26, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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Chinese divers in Rio

They won six gold medals at the 2012 London Games and seven in Beijing, so a golden sweep of the eight Olympic diving events (men’s and women’s individual three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform, synchronized three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform) in Rio isn’t out of the question for the Chinese. …

China a threat to sweep gold medals in Rio Olympics

China's Qiu Bo ahead of the Men's 10m Platform Final
China’s Qiu Bo ahead of the Men’s 10m Platform Final

diving platform collapses

A diving platform collapsed when Russian athletes were performing synchronized diving during their Rio 2016 Olympic preparations in Havana, Cuba.

Sergey Nazin was executing a synchronized dive with his partner …

“The competition had to be stopped, so the doctors could check on him. But he returned to the action and won his fourth gold medal that day” …

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Troy Dumais’ last dive

With tears in his eyes.

Troy

A four-time Olympian. An Olympic bronze medalist. A 38-time national champion. A national team member since 1996.

Few have had the career that Troy Dumais has had.

And on Saturday, that career came to end in front a crowd that gave him a standing ovation before his emotional final dive at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, at which he finished fourth in the men’s 3-meter contest. …

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Greg Louganis diving nude

ESPN Magazine’s upcoming annual Body Issue.

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56-Year-Old Diver Opens Up About Living with HIV: ‘I’m a Lot Stronger Than I Ever Believed I Was’

Cliff Diving – Copenhagen

Gary Hunt (GBR) crushed it with a new record score.

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diver Qiongjie Drew

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USA Diving Olympic Trials.

Qiongjie Drew started diving in China’s national training system at age 8 and left it at age 24. She became an American citizen last year and was able to qualify for the Trials AT AGE 34. She is now in the hunt for a spot to Rio in the women’s 3M event having qualified 5th. Finals are on Sunday.

Diver takes 10-year break in pursuit of Olympic berth

Qiongjie Drew

most difficult dive in history

He’s the only athlete who’s competed in all 50 World Series stops and he’s won half of them – Gary Hunt, 5-time World Series champion is a man at the very top of his game.

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NCAA men’s platform champ cannot try for Olympics

Colin Zeng

Although his scores are high enough to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, Zeng isn’t eligible to participate in that event June 18-26 in Indianapolis because he’s not a U.S. citizen.

“He’d have a shot at making our (Olympic) team,” OSU diving coach Justin Sochor said. “He’s good enough to beat everybody else in the United States. He can’t just walk out there and win that easily, but he’s capable of it.”

Men’s diving | Ohio State star from China seeks U.S. citizenship, Olympic berth