

(Each pair performed six dives of differing difficulties.) That willful ignorance seems to be the preferred state of many synchronized divers, though partners don’t always agree on the best approach. Lately understood from a relative working quite high level in a software security company told me more Macs affected by virus and malware. Right before each dive, they always say “four-six” to each other - a reference to Philippians 4:6 in the Bible, which begins: “Do not be anxious about anything.”īoudia said he tried so hard not to be anxious in the competition this week that he didn’t even look at the scores or team rankings between rounds.

He says his new partner, Steele Johnson, restored his excitement about the sport, becoming his “friend and brother” the two took the silver this time in the 10-metre platform. diver David Boudia, who won a bronze in synchronized diving in the London 2012 Games, said that afterward he was struck by a malaise that made him question if he even wanted to go to practice. Article content Odd Andersen / AFP / Getty Images This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. So all is not lost if each member of a pair performs a beautiful dive but the two are not perfectly attuned, or if each performs a not-so-great dive that by some happy chance matches the partner’s. Scoring in synchronized diving is also an unusual hybrid reflecting individual and team performance: There are two sets of judges and two sets of scores, one each for execution and for synchronization (from the side, the pair is supposed to look like one person). Cam Cole: These are the Olympic Games that announce Canada’s not just happy to be here anymore.‘The whole building smells like a fart’: Olympic diving pool closed to deal with green water again.And then we start together.” Recommended from Editorial “I do a little bit of chat so he knows I’m supporting him,” Parisi said. “Your attention has to be more on yourself.”īut before the dive begins, he said, he thinks of his partner, Jackson Rondinelli, and Rondinelli thinks of him. “The most interesting thing in synchro is that you have to forget your partner and just believe in yourself and your dive,” said Hugo Parisi of Brazil, who competed this week in the 10-metre platform. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
