Olympic diving

noun

A specific competition in the Olympics, involving diving off a ten-meter platform from a three-meter springboard.

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Meanings

nounOlympic diving (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA specific competition in the Olympics, involving diving off a ten-meter platform from a three-meter springboard.

    Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn’t count.

    2000, Timothy Vick, How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett
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    Ethical efforts are often best judged like Olympic diving. It is important to compare what people actually accomplish to the degree of difficulty they face.

    2002, Joseph L Badaracco Jr. Leading Quietly http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=KOzUSxcXX20C&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&sig=ny59AMgy0CgdsP8JLzrJFWrMDwc

    NASCAR on the radio is as stupid as Olympic diving on the radio: “Oooh, look at that splash—oh wait, you can’t. It’s on the radio.”

    2003, Michael Graham, chapter XXCC, in Redneck Nation

Translations

Finnish uimahyppy
  • uimahyppyOlympic event
Portuguese salto ornamental
  • salto ornamentalOlympic event
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