Which of the following is used in competitive diving?

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games.

Most diving competitions consist of three disciplines: 1m (3ft) and 3m (9ft) springboards, and the platform.

Both competitive platform and springboard diving involve one or two divers performing spins, twists and somersaults into a pool from a series of heights. Heights of the boards range from 1m (3ft) all the way up to 10m (30ft).Divers need to enter the water as smoothly and cleanly as possible to impress a group of judges who will score the dive.

All competitive springboard diving is from flexible ‘bouncy’ boards set at 1m (3ft) and 3m (9ft) above the surface of the water. Platform diving is from static platforms set at 5m (16ft), 7.5m (24ft), and 10m (30ft).

The techniques required for platform and springboard diving are quite different. So the world’s best divers usually compete in either springboard or platform events.

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fdeisner

The question was poor enough but the picture made it ridiculous. Which of the Fab Four is now using the name of Lily to submit questions THE CANCER IS GROWING 😭

Wyla Reedy

Should I swing into a comment and not make a splash?

billyboy915

It appears that we have a new battery of Quizzclub Clones. Lilly, Tanya, and Abisha; all of whom have recently joined, have submitted a lot of questions, yet have answered very few. Their list of options are always as infantile as those of Carol Whites and David Wilkes. We are being inundated with clones. Why the pretense Quizzclub?

Paul Greenslade

An author who has published 167 questions since July and yet I have never seen one up for review. Another avatar?

John McLardie

Love to watch all these divers jumping off a swing with weights attached.

Ray Zagata

For sure I thought it was WEIGHTS. Once you dive, you are at the bottom of the pool , you have only as long as you can hold your breath to remove the shackles that hold the WEIGHTS . Good luck to the divers

Chris Brown

When is Lily going to ask sensible questions?

Norma Cullerton

I really wish people would stop complainig about the authors of the questions, so what if they are sometimes silly these complainers should be stopped from playing, see how they would like that!