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At the 1912 Stockholm Games "fancy highdiving" was introduced and it was the first time women were allowed to compete in their own platform event. Women had a springboard event beginning in 1920. The first concrete diving tower appeared in 1924 in Paris.



Jed Jacobsohn /Allsport

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