Diving

[Merlin5]

Yep and I think also that he started so young, people perhaps thought of him as something like a child prodigy that would go on to do great things like Hoy and Kenny. Still, he's got himself quite a lot of golds outside of the olympics.

 

[robfosters]

Yep and I think also that he started so young, people perhaps thought of him as something like a child prodigy that would go on to do great things like Hoy and Kenny. Still, he's got himself quite a lot of golds outside of the olympics.

Yeah but honestly, how many casuals really care about diving medals won outside of the Olympics?

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

How many people care about many of the sports outside of the Olympics?

 

[Merlin5]

Oh I agree. It's only really the olympics where it counts.

 

[Craig1981]

How many people care about many of the sports outside of the Olympics?

True. Its like horse racing, only care about the Grand National. And Tennis, only care about Olympics and Wimbledon.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Tonia Couch is about to dive in the 10M final. She's not expected to get a medal but she'll look very good doing so.

 

[ic1male]

Pool looks nice and clean for once.

 

[Destination]

Very high standard of contest. Top five are exceptionally close after two rounds.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

The Chinese girl is only 15 years old and has displayed the best diving I've seen in any of the diving competitions to win gold.

 

[ic1male]

I'd love to know how those Chinese are trained. Every single one of them is gold - well, nearly.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Standing water birth?

 

[Destination]

Standing water birth?

From the 10 metre platform, only the ones with good form are trained.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

The Chinese girl is only 15 years old and has displayed the best diving I've seen in any of the diving competitions to win gold.

Chinese tiger mum, no doubt.

Amazing achievement though. Wonder if she's allowed to take the medal in to school for show and tell

 

[ic1male]

Another 3 hour sore bum fest tonight from 8pm-11pm with the men's 10m preliminaries. 28 of them x 6 dives = 168 dives total.

 

[Craig1981]

Chinese tiger mum, no doubt.

Amazing achievement though. Wonder if she's allowed to take the medal in to school for show and tell

They wouldn't if they were my kid. Some other cheeky little bugger might try and steal it. Or she might lose it.

 

[marc2003]

Another 3 hour sore bum fest tonight from 8pm-11pm with the men

Selective quoting is fun.

 

[Craig1981]

Tom Daley is killing it in the diving!

 

[marc2003]

Shame it's only qualifying.

 

[Craig1981]

True. But hopefully its a good sign of things to come

 

[Merlin5]

I hope he's not peaked too early and has just as good dives left for the final. I'd love to see him get gold once and for all.