Olympic diving
Aquatic aerial sport
Olympic diving is the competitive sport of diving from platforms or springboards into a pool, performed at the Olympic Games.
Divers execute acrobatic maneuvers—twists, somersaults, pikes, tucks—during descent, judged on technique, form, and entry into the water.
Events include individual and synchronized diving from three-meter springboards and ten-meter platforms.
- gold medalAward for winning
- degree of difficultyHow demanding a task
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- splash zoneArea where water sprays
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
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