Diving at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2023

[mrv86 3,173]

Wow judges really wanted the French pair to move into the final in women’s 3m synchro.

Their third dive saw one of them forming a perfect L-shape into the pool, still received a 6.0 note:”; not to mention that same round China was given 8.0 notes with an awful performance with no synchro at all and one of the divers overrotating.

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 7/16/2023 at 2:34 PM, OlympicsFan said:

No. On the women's side they weren't a big factor at the last olympics, but on the men's side they definitely were. They won bronze in men's 10 m synchronized. In men's 10 m they finished 4th and 5th (behind Daley who has since retired) and in men's 3 m they finished 5th (behind Laugher who won't compete here). I think their athletes would have been clear medal contenders in at least 3 events. Also at the world championships before that they won 2 medals and finished 5th in men's 3 m synchronized, 5th in women's 10 m synchronized and 4th in women's 3 m sychronized. So overall they finished top 5 in 5 of the 8 events at the last world championships they were allowed to compete.

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Not a compelling argument. Looking at the three athletes you refer to from the previous Games it is open to question how many of them are still competing.

 

The 3m springboard diver will be 34 by the time Paris comes around which is elderly for a diver and he's unlikely to be improving while others will be. The two 10m platform divers you refer to will be 33 and 31 respectively. The latter is also Ukrainian born and it must be open to question whether he will wish to compete for Russia in light of current circumstances.

 

You're largely pinning your argument on a group of aging divers whose future is questionable.

 

P.S . Daley hasn't officially retired 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Nickyc707

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 7/17/2023 at 1:37 AM, Rafa Maciel said:

Really solid performance by the  pairing in the women's 3m synchro event to qualify for final in 3rd place in what is arguably our weakest synchro event. By coincidence, we also qualified in 3rd for men's 3m and women's 10m and went on to win silver in both - here's hoping we can make it 3 from 3 later today 

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You must be concerned by their performance in the men's 10m platform synchro then given that they qualfied second.

[Josh 11,024]

performing well so far in women's 3m synchro springboard. Well, that's surprising. Was expecting them to be middle of the pack.

[NearPup 3,159]

So, didn't realize that Gary Hunt, one of the great cliff diver of all times and a former competitor, was now competing for and attempting to go to the Olympics in the men's 10m synchro, hoping to make his Olympic debut at 40.

[NearPup 3,159]

qualified to the Olympics in the women's 3m synchro. had a their worse dive in the final round, and they narrowly missed out.

[Topicmaster1010 4,448]

The Americans blow it on the last dive

[Josh 11,024]

 qualifies for the Olympics in women's 3m synchro springboard, along with  and   

 

Another chance at a Canadian quota gone...

Edited July 17, 2023 by Josh

[Rafa Maciel 1,606]

3 from 3 for  

 

All the more impressive that GB hadn't won a women's diving medal before yesterday and now we have 2 in 2 days.

 

Just hoping that the platform guys don't screw it up by failing to medal now. 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Rafa Maciel

[Topicmaster1010 4,448]

  On 7/17/2023 at 7:33 AM, Josh said:

Another chance at a Canadian quota gone...

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Considering that this is a new partnership, 5th is still a good result. An olympic quota here would've been a bonus