Olympics – London 2012 Diving Google Doodle – July 29, 2012
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Aquatics at London 2012
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- In the 19th century, gymnasts practiced moves into water – known as ‘fancy diving’. This led to the development of modern-day diving.
- At Seoul 1988, America’s Greg Louganis hit his head on the 3m springboard while executing one of his dives in the preliminary phase. Amazingly, he scraped through to the semi-final and recovered to win the gold medal in the final.
So, We are talking about third Olympics – London 2012 Google Doodle.Today (July 29, 2012) Google Doodle related to diving.This Google doodle shows a female diver in position for the plunge on the diving board over a pool that has the Google logo painted on the bottom of water.Diving requires acrobatic excellence and supreme coordination skills, as athletes dive from heights of up to 10m into the waters below. Competitive Diving developed from gymnastics in the 18th century, when gymnasts in Sweden and Germany began to perform tumbling routines into water.Total competitors 136 (68 men and 68 women) Each country is limited to two athletes in each individual event and one team (two athletes) in each Synchronized event.
