Word: divingability
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Japan's Koji Gushiken left Los Angeles with five medals in gymnastics: two gold, two bronze and a silver. Italian Super-heavyweight Boxer Francesco Damiani won a silver medal. China's Chen Xiaoxia came in fourth in women's platform diving. Greco-Roman Wrestler Charalambos Holidis of...
This is the measure of Greg Louganis of the U.S. in a diving competition: after the other best male divers in the world-gifted, graceful, beautifully muscled athletes-have tied the ends of the limits of possibility into bowknots and arrowed into the pool with only the most demure of...
Dr. Sammy Lee, who won Olympic golds for the U.S. in platform diving in 1948 and '52, and who coached Louganis from '74 to '77, says, "I have been around diving for 50 years, and no one I have seen, past or present, or whom I see...
Closer to earth and water, however, there was plenty of spectacular diving competition at the Games. Since 1980, China has been sending powerful men's and women's diving teams, perhaps the best in the world, to international meets. They specialize in acrobatics and "ripped" entries -eerily splashless...
Olympic Diving Coach Ron O'Brien observes, "Because Greg is stronger, he can go higher and dive slower and smoother. When most divers do a hard dive, they have to hurry to make it. Greg's diving looks like a slow-motion film, and he has a body...