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Old Thu Aug 07, 2008, 07:18am
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True enough, but show me someone who can jump up vertically and land horizontally without someone else touching them.

Greg Louganis.
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Old Thu Aug 07, 2008, 09:06am
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Greg Louganis.
That's just wrong.

Funny, but wrong.
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Old Thu Aug 07, 2008, 11:31am
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Greg Louganis.
Nope...if he had jumped straight up he would have landed back on the platform. He jumped out with some initial rotation and took 3 or 10 meters to fall to water's surface. Plenty of time for that minor rotation to develop (in a full tuck) into a complete rotation.
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