American diver seriously hits face on dive board.

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American diver seriously hits face on dive board.

#1 Postby Pebbles » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:54 pm

Gosh this had to hurt like heck. I winced seeing this picture :( She's such a trooper though and plans to start diving again as soon as medically cleared to!! She definitely will get my cheers in the future! You go girl!

http://www3.cjad.com/content/cp_article ... 72261A.htm
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#2 Postby Hurricaneman » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:55 pm

Ouch
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#3 Postby CaptinCrunch » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:11 pm

I saw the video on the news, she hit pretty hard and the way she was spinning she's lucky she didn't split her head wide open. :eek:
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#4 Postby LAwxrgal » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:55 pm

I'm glad she's all right, but I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.
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#5 Postby mike18xx » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:00 pm

Bonk!

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(Another inch in, and she'd have mashed her nose....)
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#6 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:00 pm

As they say... "That'll leave a mark!"
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#7 Postby Swimdude » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:41 pm

Being a swimmer and one who is around divers [but can't dive myself] ... I can't even begin to tell you how much that would hurt. If that was me, I would've rather blacked out on contact. At least I wouldn't have felt the pain. Yeesh.
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#8 Postby pojo » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:32 pm

Greg Louganis (sp) all over again.

I'm a lifeguard and we absolutely DO NOT allow inwards off the board... for that particular reason. Even though there is a hospital a block away, the YMCA/lifeguard will be held liable for any damages to the person.

I've jammed my ankle on the springboard doing a 3 step approach... and I thought that hurt... I can't imagine the face!
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#9 Postby JQ Public » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:57 pm

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Yeh i saw that earlier this week on Yahoo pics. That was awfully nice of the Canadian lady to help out her fellow competitor/neighbor.
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#10 Postby Pebbles » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:10 pm

http://www.mediabum.com/html/American-D ... Owned.html

This is very GRAPHIC video as a warning to your more faint of heart types. GAH i didn't like the link but there is the video footage from it. She actually smacked her face twice on that board :( GAH.. *winces in sympathy pain*
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#11 Postby beachbum_al » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:20 pm

Ouch!
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