Who to watch presented by DeVry is a series that includes a run-down on the front runners, dark horses, unexpected athletes and top storylines to watch during Trials.
U.S. divers will plunge into action at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving, which will be held June 6-13 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. The 2016 trials were held at the same venue.
Team USA earned 11 of the maximum 12 quota spots for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the same as 2016. The first seven quota spots were secured at the 2019 FINA World Championships while the final four came last month at the World Cup in Tokyo. China is the only country with the maximum of 12 quota spots.
A total of 100 divers will compete in the trials. In the individual events – men’s and women’s 3-meter springboard and men’s and women’s 10-meter platform – the top two finishers will qualify for Team USA.
Only the winning team will qualify for the Olympics in men’s and women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard and women’s 10-meter synchronized platform. Unfortunately, the United States will not have an Olympic entrant in men’s 10-meter synchronized platform, an event in which Team USA won the silver medal at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
Each event has both preliminaries and semifinals on one day, and then the final four days later.
Here are some of the divers to watch and storylines to keep an eye on at this weekend’s trials.
A New Challenge
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