China’s unrelenting domination of Olympic diving has rivals in Tokyo wondering not just how they can beat the Chinese team, but also whether the country’s approach is desirable or even healthy.
Over the last 30 years China has more or less cleaned up in Olympic diving, and even though its hopes of winning all eight golds at the Tokyo Games have faded, it can still match the seven from Rio in 2016.
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