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...stood a garden-gnome lump of a reproduction putto, coyly peeing into the water. Beyond that, some straggly shrubs, a screen of cypresses and a few glimpses of the house next door, as ugly as hers-and, most of the time, rain. So much for Dick and Nicole Diver's paradise...
Perhaps the best diver ever to drop into a Crimson pool, junior Dan Watson made himself conspicuous in international competition this summer. He finished fourth in the Swedish Cup, a major tournament In the U. S. nationals, he took third in his best event, the three-meter springboard, and fifth in the 10-meter platform. A big problem for Watson is the reduction from three to two of the number of divers countries can send in each event a move forced by smaller countries tired of seeing sweeps by the U.S. and other dominant teams. Another problem is Greg Louganis...
DIED. Sergei Chalibashvili, 21, Soviet diver; of heart failure, after having struck his head (incurring multiple skull fractures) on the ten-meter-high platform while attempting a 3½ reverse somersault in tuck position at the World University Games; in Edmonton, Alta. The athlete had had trouble in executing the difficult dive in practice. Anticipating tragedy, other divers along with U.S. Coach Bob Rydze could not watch his competition effort. Said Rydze in anger after the July 10 accident: "It's the coach's responsibility to make sure his divers are not attempting dives they...
Whether Watson succeeds or not in Colorado Springs, the diver will travel to Ronneby, Sweden, this coming week to compete in the Swedish Cup, which features the top 16 divers in the world. Watson is among the eight seeded divers and stands a good chance to win the three-meter competition...
...state-of-the-craft boat was another matter. Jeantot, who has dreamed of little else but circumnavigating the globe since he was a teenager, sank almost every franc he had saved as a highly paid diver into the $270,000 project. His greatest good fortune may have been to meet Naval Architect Guy Ribadeau-Dumas in 1982. Ribadeau-Dumas, 32, who had already designed successful racers, built several ingenious engineering features into Credit Agricole, notably a seawater ballast system that permits speedy adjustment of the boat's trim...