How fast do divers hit the water off the platform? Platform divers hit the water at speeds between 30 and 35 miles per hour. Repeating this impact too often can result in injury. What is an Olympic ...

"This programme really gives a powerful platform and promotion of female athletes for the first time in Olympic history. "There will be more quota places available for qualification for women than ...

Wright (gold) and McAfee (bronze) both medaled on 10-meter at the USA Diving Winter Nationals in December and were also top three in the event at the U.S. Olympic Team ... are Purdue's only female ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC members ...