Airborne: Irish Rio Olympian Oliver Dingley on the one-second window – all the time a diver has to execute
Oliver Dingley of Ireland competes in the men's 3m springboard back in 2019. Photo: Getty
What goes through an elite diver’s mind when they whip through the air? How much control is there? And how do they stick the landing?
Oliver Dingley competed in the Rio Olympics, making it to the finals in 2016 in the three-metre springboard event, finishing eighth in the world. The first Irish diver to qualify in 68 years, the prodigious talent was the youngest-ever men’s British champion at the age of 15.
