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The platform used by men and women at the Olympics is a flat, rigid, non-slip surface elevated 10 meters (roughly 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches) above the water. The height is comparable to that of a ...

Things like: "How high are those diving boards?" or "How deep is that pool, anyway?" Diving really is an astonishingly difficult sport, and it's not always easy to see exactly how high these ...