The Side of Sports You Never See: Hilarious Images of Your Favorite Athletes

BRACING FOR THE WATER IMPACT

This image captures Cao Yuan who was representing China at the Rio Olympics 2016, as he dives off a 3-meter springboard at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center. The final, which was held on August, 16 had Yuan winning the gold after scoring 547.60. He had performed exceptionally throughout the competition.

Not only that, he managed to score bronze in the 3-meter springboard synchronized dive along with Qin Kai. Yuan also scored first place in the synchronized 10-meter platform diving event at the 2012 London Olympics and in the 10-meter platform diving event at the 2020 Japan Olympics. For the synchronized 10-meter event, he scored silver with his partner Aisen Chen.

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