Diving

ic1male · 15 Aug 2016 at 01:42

I've just seen the clip of He Zi and spookily her husband-to-be is the aforementioned Qin Kai.

Craig1981 · 15 Aug 2016 at 01:48

Why's that spooky...?

ic1male · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:00

Craig1981 said:
Why's that spooky...?

Because he was mentioned in this thread. I had no idea he was going out with her. It's only spooky in the sense of Dame Edna spooky.

Craig1981 · 15 Aug 2016 at 02:08

ic1male · 15 Aug 2016 at 18:06

7.15pm for the 3m men's preliminaries with Jack Laugher (gold medal in synchro) and Freddie Woodward. 29 divers x 6 dives = 174 dives. Should take a while...

Merlin5 · 15 Aug 2016 at 19:59

Quite low scoring overall so far for all divers. Windy conditions.

Pigeon_Killer · 15 Aug 2016 at 20:30

The weather has ruined this competition but it's great car crash TV

Edit: That was close to a full on neck snap.

Edit: And again :eek:

ic1male · 15 Aug 2016 at 22:57

Shocking that one of the Chinese divers (World Champion He Chao) never made it to the semis.

Destination · 16 Aug 2016 at 08:25

Wind put paid to one of his dives which he restarted, cost him fourty points or more, and he failed to qualify by twenty.

Pigeon_Killer · 16 Aug 2016 at 15:56

Laugher's just qualified for the final, only 2 points ahead of 13th and a mile behind 11th. Needs to up his game massively tonight.

The Chinese diver will need to smack his head on the board and knock himself out not to win gold tonight.

Merlin5 · 16 Aug 2016 at 22:28

Laugher currently in silver medal position after round 2. China in 1st.

Pigeon_Killer · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:11

Laugher still 2nd after 5 rounds. If he gets his 6th dive he'll be guaranteed a medal then it's up to the other two to mess up.

Edit: YES! What colour medal though? At least a silver

Merlin5 · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:17

Silver

ic1male · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:31

Very well done to Jackie boy after just scraping in to that final. I'm rooting for the Chinese guy in the 10m. Who's Tom Daley?

Pigeon_Killer · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:32

Why? What's Daley done wrong?

ic1male · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:33

Pigeon_Killer said:
Why? What's Daley done wrong?

Nowt, I'm just a bigger fan of Chen and Qiu.

Pigeon_Killer · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:36

I think he's 4th seed so he'll do very well to get a medal. The chinese divers 'should' get gold and silver unless they both screw up like they did in London.

ic1male · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:38

This is Chen's first olympics and I don't recall him faltering during the previous events this year. My money is on him for gold. Qiu should get silver and I'd love Ivan Garcia of Mexico to get the bronze but he's a bit off this year. So it could be Tom's medal.

Merlin5 · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:44

Such a shame that Daley, after all the hype over the years, hasn't done any better than bronze so far in two olympics. And then a relatively unknown comes along and gets gold and silver.

robfosters · 16 Aug 2016 at 23:54

Merlin5 said:
Such a shame that Daley, after all the hype over the years, hasn't done any better than bronze so far in two olympics. And then a relatively unknown comes along and gets gold and silver.

I've always been bemused at the hype over Daley. He's at best a decent diver. It's just his personality and his lifestyle that brings him to the forefront.