Do Asian Olympic divers have an advantage in Olympic diving? Do Asian scuba athletes with their slim bodies automatically have less splash when they hit the water? Think about this for a second, a little splash is the signature of a good dive, this is because the diver’s body must be in line and fully aerodynamic to produce little to no splash. Yes, there are other strategies like cupping your hands, which makes the water flow in and not splash out, also swimming during the dive underwater makes the water quickly flow down instead of splashing up.

Still, for the most part, the leaner the diver, the less splash, smaller divers also have an advantage, less weight hitting the water. Girls who have a full figure cause more of a stir than those with small breasts, of course, these female divers are generally in very good shape, flexible like gymnasts, and have little body fat, therefore, they are generally female divers with breasts. More smalls. Typically Asians are thinner than Westerners, some are dietary and some are genetic, but this is generally what we find. I ask, does this give you an advantage with the judges?

In fact, while doing this thought experiment and with my knowledge of fluid dynamics; I would have to say yes, but to what extent is hard to say, as Asian vaulters from Japan, China, and other places are also very talented and practice a lot, and the best vaulters also score higher, of course. More research would be needed, perhaps body shapes as a percentage of the population, BMI data, and hours trained (assuming there are competent trainers).

Similarly, following this theory, lean divers from the US, UK or EU would also be fine, as would South American divers entering the Olympics, as long as they are in optimal shape and have a slim build.

One more point here. The judges do not have access to slow-motion cameras, and in high-diving competitions the full-powered male athletes are doing 3-4 somersaults, and their turning speed is so high that small mistakes are often overlooked. , but the telltale sign of the splash says a lot about the accuracy the athlete had achieved, therefore the amount of splash weighs heavily in the scoring process.

What I am saying is this; my questions and queries here have merit, and you can look at divers and see skinny divers, when they do a complex and precision dive they seem to score higher than more stalked divers; I think the reason makes sense to me. it is about fluid dynamics as the athlete plunges into the water, but more research, statistical data, and observables are warranted. Think about this.