The three-meter springboard broke ahead of the men’s synchronized diving final at the Spartakiad of the strongest, the press service of the Russian Diving Federation told .
Diving competitions are held in Kazan.
— The springboard cracked during the warm-up before the synchronized jumps final. Our coaches and athletes quickly tried to change the springboard. Of course, we have no more spare springboards, we had to remove the springboard from the counter and reassemble it. It was like changing wheels in Formula 1. Cool, well-coordinated athletes and coaches worked. Everyone wanted to have time to warm up before performances. Everyone did it, well done, I’m proud of them,” said head coach of the Russian diving team Svetlana Moiseeva.
Source : MatchTV
