DW and I watched this replay on TV and let me tell you, the picture does not do the action justice. I felt the tingling go through my body as they showed her face hitting that board. Anyone that has ever watched diving in the Olympics know how fast they are spinning and the speed and force to which they are descending to the water, trying to make a clean entry. This poor girl was concentrating on the technical aspects of the dive when her sping brought her too far into the board and she face-planted right into it.
The best thing to see when this happened was the near split second reaction of the German coach as he dove in, full clothed, to lend her assistance. In these modern times when so much caution is paid to open wounds and the presence of blood, it was a rare sight to see such an immediate reaction to care for someone else's well being before one's own. Major Kudos to the coach.
American diver taken to hospital after hitting face on board - Yahoo! News
Monday, July 25, 2005
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Or...maybe he could have taught her to give herself more room.
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