China has won 33 of 38 gold meadals in all diving events since 2008. They won 8 of 8 gold medals in 2024 Paris Olympics. In the 5 events they didn’t win, I think they were the silver medal in all but one. There are far more times where China was Gold AND Silver than times where they didn’t win the gold. This is very impressive considering each country can send maximum of 2 divers in each event.
I didn’t even look at bronze medals.
See also, China in table tennis.
Wait until Pickleball gets in!!!
They might have to give Florida its own team, like they do for Hawai’i in WSL
(I’m being facetious; I have no idea where most of the pros are from - FL seems most likely, or Vegas)
China has been the best country for diving since 88. But from 1920 through 84, the only year the US wasn’t the best country was 1980.
From 28 to 96 there were only 4 events, the US has won 49 golds but only 4 since 84 - Louganis’ last gold was 88.
Louganis would have won both golds in 1980 if not for the boycott.
The gap is large and widening between China and the rest of the world in recent decades.
Age requirement should be 18 across all events.
Why?
And are you suggesting that would change China’s dominance.
It wouldn’t.
“Anti-doping chiefs at the Winter Olympics are ready to investigate extraordinary suggestions that ski-jumpers are gaining a performance advantage by enlarging their penises. Reports in the German newspaper Bild have raised fears that professional ski-jumpers are enlarging their genitalia by injecting hyaluronic acid to boost crotch dimensions. This could be highly significant in ski-jumping because that would permit jumpers to wear a larger suit which would in turn improve their flight lift and thus overall distance.”
I think it’s the norwegians that are in trouble for adding extra gussets to the crotch to fly further.
Peak athletic performance is mid 20s. For what that’s worth.
Fly-agra
Ski-alis
News reporters referring to the scandal as Crotchgate.
The same reporters were talking about Curling… They said, it’s a sport where anyone that’s held a broom can feel like they can be an Olympic athlete.
I can’t say they’re wrong. 
I’m saying putting kids into this system is not healthy, China or otherwise. But yes it would affect China’s dominance to some degree especially in “women’s” diving.
Diving has one of the lowest age requirements in the Olympics at 14. Even gymnastics is 16 now.
No one would blink twice if combat sports was 14 and I wanted 18. But the other sports systems are just abusive in other ways.
I think you’d have to look at long term outcomes for these individual in early specialization sports to determine if early participation was detrimental in the long term, compared to later specializing elite athletes.
There may be long term negative effects, maybe not, I don’t know. There may even be some positive effects. All elite sport is unhealthy and at least borderline abusive, regardless of age or country of origin so you’d have to maintain an apples to apples comparison as much as possible.
If the rules were to change, I think China could just adjust their timelines slightly and continue to dominate with no reduction in dominance.
I’m not saying 18 would completely solve it as the training starts much earlier especially in state sponsored systems. But at least by 18 in most places you can decide as an adult what you really want to do.
I also think even if training is earlier, keeping the younger kids out of international competition is a good thing. The age increases in gymnastics have not damaged the sport but the athletes have more agency these days.
Dave riding - British skier - was a late developer
Only skied on dry slopes as a kid with rare trips to snow and he puts his longevity down to not having skied and trained 50 weeks a year as a kid
1 world cup win at kitzbuhel and 7 podiums
Ok for a flat lander
Meaning?
" Olympians would have access to footage from their Olympic competitions [but qv] to use for their personal branding and promotion.
"In this pilot phase, the material will not be from these Games, but from Beijing in 2022 [if they were there!]. . . . Athletes who competed in China can have access to 60 seconds of their competition to use on their personal channels to celebrate their achievements during these Games."
and last sentence:
“The influencer economy is becoming the new unit of audience attraction and it’s crucial that the Olympic movement embraces this.”
I think that means they can get clips from the network broadcast for their own use, vs being “confined” to just whatever they shot themselves?
I could be wrong