As a former competitive swimmer, I live for the Summer Olympics. While I could probably recite the medal counts of icons Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Katie Ledecky backwards and forwards, diving ...

China captured 47 of the last 64 gold medals, including 27 of the last 32, since winning its first gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and going through the 2020 Tokyo Games. The dominant run includes ...

Each individual diving competition will consist of three rounds. The prelims will feature 34 divers, with the top 18 moving on to the semifinals. From there, the top 12 will compete in the final.

Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia of China compete in the women’s diving synchronized three-meter springboard final on Sunday. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) With China’s win in the women’s synchronized ...

The platform used by men and women at the Olympics is a flat, rigid, non-slip surface elevated 10 meters (roughly 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches) above the water. The height is comparable to that of a ...

Shi Tingmao won gold and Wang Han took silver, underlining China’s mastery of this precision sport, in which perfection must be achieved in a couple seconds. Krysta Palmer of the U.S. took bronze. By ...

Springboard diving will be in the spotlight again soon with the Olympics. And it’s growing in popularity. Northern Twisters Gymnastics and Dive North have joined forces to offer dryland training to ...