Category: Diving

French strike gold, second time after 2012 Slight surprise on the first competition day: the French duo of Laura Marino and Matthieu Rosset won the opening event of the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev, Ukraine. With 372.40 points to their name, the French duo pushed host Ukraine to the second place. Viktoriya Kesar and…

Greg Louganis, one of the all-time great Olympians, is famous for one strange, painful incident, but what happened to him next?

With the fourth and final leg of the Diving World Series 2017 circuit completed in Windsor, Canada, last weekend (April 21-23), China climbes atop all individual and synchronised events in the overall rankings. Chinese divers maintained an impressive and consistent form throughout the Series season, and swept 37 of 40 gold medals up for grab.…

Beijing, host of the inaugural leg of the 2017 FINA/NVC Diving World Series, landed a two-meet deal sponsorship agreement for the first time with car and vehicle manufacturer giant BMW Brilliant Automotive Ltd. BMW has supported the first meet from March 3-5 and will be back next year in the Chinese capital for the same…

The finals of the FINA/NVC Diving World Series in Beijing (CHN) – from March 3-5 – will be live streamed, free of charge, on FINA TV. Source FINA

The FINA Diving World Series is a high-profile competition which offers an annual meeting opportunity for the world’s brightest diving stars. This prestigious and exclusive event invites internationally-recognised divers, mostly medallists from previous Olympics, World Championships and World Cups.

Divers hit the water at around 60 km/h.

Everything you need to know about Olympic Diving. When diving made its Olympic debut at St Louis 1904, athletes aimed for the longest jump. Now their spectacular aerial acrobatics are judged to the minutest detail. Men and Women compete in four events, individually or in duos, from 10m and 3m. Watch more Diving: http://bit.ly/2afcgIt