Saturday night one of my more eagerly anticipated events, the Mens 10M diving final. This was my final event of this quite wonderful two weeks. It had the potential to be very special and in the end it delivered outstanding drama. 12 divers qualify for the final and they had been through two rounds of elimination in the last 24 hours. One that had made it was 18 year old GB diver Tom Daley, he’s a bit of a poster boy, has won a few things, but had been somewhat inconsistent this year.
Diving is interesting because of how heavily it punishes mistakes. Stay close to perfect and you are in with a chance. We get through the first 5 rounds of dives (out of 6 rounds) and the top three are essentially level with the final dive to decide the medals. High drama of the finest order. Drama that had been building through the night, as one at a time divers were removed from contention by costly errors.
Daley finished third, American David Boudia won with his very final dive. the top three were split by the finest of margins, this was a terrific night of world class competition. It really did have everything that can make sport so special.
