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Olympic diving is a lot tougher than you think.
A human body plummeting from a 10-meter platform, head first reaching speeds of 32 miles an hour, the sudden jolt from water's high surface tension of 72 millinewtons per meter can be tough. According to a veteran of the U.S. national team and past Olympian, Kassidy Cook stated that people have no idea, she said "When you hit the water, it’s as hard as concrete for a split-second before you break through.”
Even though the divers look graceful on television, as the competition proceeds, there will be broken wrists and dislocated shoulders along with twisted necks and elbows and ruptured eardrums. Concussions are common as well as bruised lungs.
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