The competition of Diving in Olympic 2008 at Bejing will be held from August 10 to August 23. Beijing National Aquatics Center is the venue for Diving in Olympic 2008. Diving has been a popular sport event ever since its inclusion in the Olympics and the expectation level is high in this year's Olympic as well.
Events of Diving in Olympic 2008
There are 8 sets of medals which will be awarded in following events of Diving in Olympic 2008:
3m Synchronized Springboard Men/Women
10m Synchronized Platform Men/Women
3m Springboard Men/Women
10m Platform Men/Women
Eligibility Criterion for Diving in Olympic 2008
A National Olympic Committee may qualify a maximum number of two divers in each of the individual event, and one team in each group event. Entry places will be allocated based on the basis of the results at the FINA World Championships which was held in 2007, and the FINA Diving World Cup in 2008.
Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. An integral part of the Olympic Games, Diving is an internationally recognized sport event. Other than this, the unstructured and non-competitive diving is a common recreational pastime, specially in those places where swimming is quite popular.
Though it is not so much a popular participant sport, diving, however, is one of the more popular Olympic sports with spectators. Successful competitors has similar characteristics as gymnasts and competitive cheerleaders, which includes strength, flexibility, and air awareness as well.
There is a general perception that diving is a very dangerous activity, and this has contributed to the decline in availability of facilities. Though apparently it seems that there are some risk, the statistical incidence of injury in supervised training and competition is not alarming at all.
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