World Aquatics, the governing body for aquatic sports, requires there be "mechanical surface agitation" in pools for Olympic events to "aid the divers in their visual perception of the surface of the ...

At the Paris Olympics, the pool used for artistic swimming, diving, and water polo is warmed by servers at a nearby data center. As Olympic athletes jumped off diving boards and flipped through their ...

The scoring process in diving isn't the only thing about the sport that may leave viewers scratching their heads. It may seem odd for water to be sprayed on top of more water as athletes are ...