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Olympic diving
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English
Noun
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A specific competition in the Olympics, involving diving off a ten-meter platform from a three-meter springboard.
en 2000 Timothy Vick How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=SWI1IkcuSDIC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&sig=SVXKH8tY7fNkHasGVkLlfHWWxTs Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn’t count.
2002, Joseph L Badaracco Jr. Leading Quietly :
Ethical efforts are often best judged like Olympic diving. It is important to compare what people actually accomplish to the degree of difficulty they face.
en 2003 Michael Graham Redneck Nation xxcC http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=L2VDiF&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&sig=MfCAL4Sx4FWYmri2r0w6o1i8Kl0 NASCAR on the radio is as stupid as Olympic diving on the radio: “Oooh, look at that splash—oh wait, you can’t. It’s on the radio.”
Translations
Olympic event
Finnish: fi uimahyppy
Portuguese: pt salto ornamental m