Olympics Diving live stream: Watch online – August 12
By Brad Weiss
Live stream info and how to watch the Olympics diving event online on August 12.
The individual events in the diving competition of the 2016 Rio Olympics will kick off on Friday, beginning with the preliminaries for the women’s 3m springboard. The event will start with 22 women, and by end of the preliminaries, 18 will remain.
The event is run over three days, with the prelims on Friday, the semis on Saturday, and the Final on Sunday. Only 12 divers will move on from the semifinals, with the top three highest scores from the finals winning medals.
Details for the Olympics diving competition on Friday are below:
Date: Friday, August 12
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TV Info: NBC (Live, Coverage at 8pm ET)
Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com
Since 1988, China has won every gold medal in Olympic play. Shi Tingmao is the odds-on favorite to win the gold in this year’s Olympics, with fellow countrywoman He Zi the favorite to win silver. Zi won the silver in 2012 as well, and it could be another incredible showing for China in the diving events at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The gold and bronze medal winners from the 2012 London Games will not be participating in 2016, as China’s Wu Minixia and Mexico’s Laura Sanchez Soto will not defend their medals.
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The United States hopes for a medal in this event rests on the shoulders of Kassidy Cook, who missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Olympics by a half of a point. Cook will get her chance in this year’s Games, and her journey starts Friday.