Diving isn't a very popular sport where I'm from, because in the city there isn't a lot of diving boards, only in outdoor pools, but they're only open during the summer, but during the summer there is a little bit of interest. On the contrary in some areas, especially the areas where summer Olympics took place(because they have the right facilities for the job) and anywhere there's the appropriate facilities, these are the places where diving is a lot more popular. Just because a city or a town doesn't have the right equipment or they do have the right equipment just not a lot of it, doesn't mean that you cant be great at diving. Alexandre Despatie, isn't like that at all he's had a lot of training with the help of a lot of great coaches. He has placed in the top five at every summer Olympics since 2000, and many other wins in his career as a competitive diver. Including some in synchro diving(two divers do a dive at the same time). But he has placed low in some competitions. More details on his achievements visit this web site:http://www.diving.ca/english/html/bios/despatie.htm. Like any other diver he had to deal with injuries, he almost didn't compete in the 2008 summer Olympics because of an injury, but he ended up competing and placed high.
Emilie Heymans, she's just like Alexandre, they're both really good at what they do. She's also familiar with being at the top, just like Alexandre, she's also placed low, which is understandable, because you can't be perfect. We should be proud of what she's brought to the table in all of the other things she's done. More details: http://www.diving.ca/english/html/bios/heymans.htm
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Wow, I never knew that diving was really that competitive. Well its really awesome that Alexandre still managed to compete in the 2008 olimpics, hopefully he can do it again in the next summer olympics. I'm not really sure that Emilie is really that great but if you think she is thats all good.
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