fancy diving

noun

diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.

Tom took second place in the fifty-yard race, and Ben won the competition for fancy diving.

One showed scouts doing fancy diving from the springboard, and there were a couple showing the races on the lake.

"I once won the fancy diving event at Travers Island," he said.

Who are England's hopes in the discus-throwing and the fancy diving?

April 18, 2024petrichor

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