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CBC
17-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Cliff diver Molly Carlson after traumatic slip during Red Bull event
Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson spoke to CBC Sports after a 'near-death' experience during competition in which she slipped off a 22m platform. The professional diver told host Anastasia Bucsis about the scary experience, her amazement that her body 'knew' what to do, and how excited she is to compete for Canada in high diving at the world Aquatics championships beginning July 23rd.
CNA
07-07-2025
- General
- CNA
First look at World Aquatics high diving platform at Sentosa
Scroll up for the next video X First look at World Aquatics high diving platform at Sentosa
CNA
07-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Sentosa competition venues ready ahead of World Aquatics Championships
SINGAPORE: A 37m-tall metal tower stands a stone's throw away from the white sands of Palawan Beach on Sentosa island. At its foot is a circular blue pool 17m in diameter and 6m in depth. Next to the structure, a blue pontoon stretches from the shore out onto the water, as huge vessels sit in Singapore's famed anchorage in the background. Four days away from the World Aquatics Championships, the Sentosa competition venues for high diving and open water swimming are ready to welcome the world's top athletes. The Championships, which features the six sports of swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving, will be held from Jul 11 to Aug 3. Singapore will send its largest contingent to the competition this year, with a total of 72 athletes across five disciplines. FIRST TIME IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Mr Mark Chay, co-chairperson of the championships' organising committee, noted on Monday (Jul 7) that the high diving tower is the first such structure to be built in Southeast Asia. Male competitors will dive from 27m, while their female counterparts will dive from 20m, he said. Mr Marcus Ng, project director at Innovez Engineering that built the dive pool, said that while it looks like a regular pool from the outside, it is anything but. For one, the 21-tonne steel pool is made of 108 panels held together by 6,400 bolts. When filling it up with water, the depth meant that 'there's a huge force that's pushing out on every panel', said Mr Ng. 'So what we did was we monitored the panels down to the millimetre every day, and the expansion was exactly to our engineers' design. So we're very happy with that,' he said. Mr Ng noted that the request was for the temporary pool to be installed quickly, and also dismantled quickly afterward. It took about a month for the pool to be installed, from its main structure to the blue PVC liner, said Mr Ng. When CNA visited the venue in late June, the high diving tower had already been completed, with workers in the process of filling up the dive pool. Speaking to CNA on the scaffold deck towering 6m above ground, Mr Harry Yap, the venue manager for the championships' Sentosa events, said that all that was left to be done was 'touch-up work'. This includes anti-slip material to be laid on the dive platforms, completion of wheelchair ramps and putting up of panels on the scaffolding. To get the venue to where it is, Mr Yap said that a professional engineer had to be engaged to work out structural elements and loading capacity based on specifications from World Aquatics. 'Once we got this design and drawing, we also had to go through government bodies to get these things passed in order to ensure the safety of these structures,' he added. Construction of the venue started less than three months prior. 'One of the challenges was also the tight timeline to construct this place starting from the 14th April. So, big credit to the contractors to be able to keep to a very strict timeline,' said Mr Yap. The filling of the dive pool was to ensure that there are no leaks and take preemptive measures should any issues arise, he added. On competition day, there will be a team of medical and safety professionals on site, said Mr Yap. 'In the pool itself, we will have two to three scuba divers, who will act as a lifeguard. On the pool deck itself, there will also be paramedics available,' he said. MONITORING WATER QUALITY Ms Kenza Brouwer, assistant venue manager for the championships' Sentosa events and course officer for open water swimming, said on Monday that much work has gone into preparations for the event. Her team will be marking the course in the water on Tuesday, for the races which range in distance from 3km to 10km. 'We've been closely monitoring the water conditions, including water quality tests for bacteria, and water temperature,' she said. Ms Brouwer added that measures are being taken to ensure that athletes are swimming in a safe environment. 'Of course, it's open water swimming. There's only so much we can control. But everything that we can do to best ensure the athlete's safety, will be taken,' she said. Mr Chay called the Sentosa venues 'fantastic'. One challenge of organising the 'massive event' is the coordination required by different stakeholders, he said. 'We're very fortunate to have great coordination with a lot of agencies in Singapore. The different government agencies have been extremely helpful across the different areas that we need to think about,' said Mr Chay. He added that the competition venues and the running of the events were planned such that they were smooth and athlete-centric. The organising committee decided to cluster the events in three venues — Sentosa, the OCBC Aquatic Centre and the World Aquatics Championships Arena — to provide a great experience to both athletes and spectators alike, said Mr Chay.
News.com.au
01-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Horrifying footage shows moment cliff diver slipped and fell 22 metres
Canadian high diver Molly Carlson has withdrawn from the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series following a terrifying fall that sent her plunging several stories into the ocean. The 26-year-old Olympic athlete took to social media to share footage of the terrifying incident. In the video, Carlson can be seen drawing closer to the edge of the 22-metre high platform. Right after she jumps, she appears to slip on the board and fall off the platform. In the few seconds she's airborne, Carlson manages to rotate her body and land feet-first. Immediately after she lands, onlookers can be seen rushing to her side. 'Scariest moment of my life…,' she wrote in her caption. 'It breaks my heart to announce that I will not be competing in the second stop of the @redbullcliffdiving World Series here in Italy as I've suffered a really scary accident. One of my nightmares came true. 'First of all I am so grateful to be okay. I never imagined in my life that I would ever slip off of a high diving platform but it happened. 'I'm SHOCKED at my reflex skills to find my feet like a cat and be okay. Unfortunately on the takeoff I got a massive bruise on my foot. I considered powering through and diving on it but it just wasn't the right choice for my health. 'Thank you to everyone in advance for your kind words, I am okay. Italy, I'm so glad I still got a few beautiful dives in xoxo, until next time, Ciao.' People online were shocked to see the footage. 'That's scary as sh*t. I felt anxiety just watching the video,' one person commented. 'My stomach sank reading this…' said another. 'Super impressive save. Especially considering the literal life and death stakes. Really hope she is able to continue competing, I could easily see something like this being enough of a mental strain to end a career,' commented another. Just one day after her initial announcement, Carlson took to social media again to share a different angle of the fall. It shows the exact moment her foot slipped on the platform, and in slow-motion, captures the horrifying few seconds she had to correct her form. 'PSA: Always measure your run up correctly,' she warned in her caption. 'This new angle of my near death experience is insane. The Slomo and the song is so dramatic I'm so sorry. I had to. 'This angle really helped me understand that my toes were already going to be past the platform when I landed because I didn't measure my run up with 100% power. And then when I went for the dive I gave it 200% power. 'Overall, I'm okay and I will definitely learn from this. So so so proud of the other girls who competed into the big waves today! Can't wait to be back up there with you.'
