competitive diving
Judged aquatic descent
Competitive diving is a sport in which athletes perform acrobatic maneuvers while diving into a pool from a platform or springboard.
Judges score each dive based on execution, form, and difficulty.
Events include individual and synchronized diving, with platform heights typically at 10 meters and springboards at 1 or 3 meters: She won gold in competitive diving at the Olympics.
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- degree of difficultyHow demanding a task
- tuckFold into concealment
- reverse diveDive starting backward
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