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A man and a woman perform synchronised diving in Brazil, 2014. Synchronized diving was adopted as an Olympic sport in 2000. Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously. The dives are identical. It used to be possible to dive opposites, also known as a pinwheel, but this is no longer part of competitive synchronised diving.
Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon won silver in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event on Saturday, securing America’s first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The 2012 Games featured competitions in eight events (men and women events each of): 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform. [2] The diving featured 136 athletes representing 25 countries. [3] All divers must be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2012. [3]
Women's diving debut happened at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the platform event and was expanded to springboard diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics. A parallel platform diving event for men, called "plain high diving", was presented at the Games of the V Olympiad. No acrobatic moves were allowed, only a simple straight dive off the platform. [3]
Team Cook’N Bacon, as Cook and Bacon are known, earned America’s first medal in women’s synchronized springboard diving since 2012. They were on pace to medal at the World Championships in ...
Day one of the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials has ended, Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook will represent team USA in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event.
The men's synchronised 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 1 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park. The Chinese team of Luo Yutong and Qin Kai won the gold medal.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon won silver in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event on Saturday, securing America’s first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.