Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Moreover, diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games.
-COMPETITIVE DIVING:
Most diving competitions consists of three disciplines:
·1m springboard.
·3m springboard.
·Platform.
Competitive athletes are divided by gender, and often by age group. In platform events, competitors are allowed to perform their dives on either five, seven, nine or ten meters towers. In major diving meets, platforms diving are from 10 meters high.
-SYNCHRONIZED DIVING:
Synchronized diving was adopted as an Olympic sport in 2000.
Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously. The dives are identical. It used to be possible to dive opossites, also known as a pinwheel, but this is no longer part of the competitive synchronized diving.
Most diving competitions consists of three disciplines:
·1m springboard.
·3m springboard.
·Platform.
Competitive athletes are divided by gender, and often by age group. In platform events, competitors are allowed to perform their dives on either five, seven, nine or ten meters towers. In major diving meets, platforms diving are from 10 meters high.
-SYNCHRONIZED DIVING:
Synchronized diving was adopted as an Olympic sport in 2000.
Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously. The dives are identical. It used to be possible to dive opossites, also known as a pinwheel, but this is no longer part of the competitive synchronized diving.
