The United States is looking to win both the overall and gold medal counts in the Summer Olympics for the fourth consecutive time, with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing marking the last time ...

The slogan for the 2008 Paralympics was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics: "One World, One Dream". One of the standout performers of the Games was 13 year-old Eleanor Simmonds of Great Britain.

With multiple qualifiers in all three diving events, Purdue Women's Swimming & Diving is once again well represented on the ...

The individual diving events at the Olympics consist of three rounds: preliminary, semifinal and final. The preliminary round trims the field of divers to 18, which is then reduced to 12 after the ...

The platform used by men and women at the Olympics is a flat, rigid ... Repeating this impact too often can result in injury. What is an Olympic diving springboard made of? All modern major diving ...