Ouch! Divers are tough too...

[rainbowgirl28]

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American Diver Injured at World Championships
Davis Hits Face on Board During a Somersault
By BETH HARRIS, AP

MONTREAL (July 22) - American Chelsea Davis hit her nose on the diving board during the 3-meter springboard preliminaries Friday at the World Swimming Championships.

AP
Chelsea Davis was taken to the hospital after hitting her head on the board at the World Championships. She only needed stitches.

Davis was attempting an inward 2 1/2 somersault in the tuck position when she struck the bridge of her nose on the board and scraped her head. Blood poured down her face, stunning spectators, some of whom covered their faces.

German coach Lutz Buschkow jumped into the pool and pulled a crying Davis to the side. She was put on a floating stretcher and taken to the hospital, where her parents and boyfriend joined her.

Davis received a few stitches in her swollen nose, which was not broken, and returned to her hotel Friday evening.

"It could have been a lot worse. We've very, very fortunate," U.S. diving team leader Bob Rydze said. "We're letting her rest, but everyone wants to visit her."

Rydze said Davis never lost consciousness.

"She knew she hit the board and she knew what dive she hit the board on, which was a very good sign," he said. "A lot of times divers hit the board and forget."

Jashia Luna of Mexico was next on the board after Davis, and seeing the bloodied American upset her.

"After I saw her hit the board, I started shaking," Luna said. "The judges asked me if I was OK, and I told them I was OK and I could do it. But then when I was on the board, I started shaking again."

Luna's fingers hit the board on her third dive, but she finished the preliminaries and X-rays taken later were negative.

Davis is entered in Sunday's synchronized 3-meter springboard with Laura Wilkinson. Rydze said the U.S. coaches would decide Saturday which pair of divers would compete.

"We'll see how she feels Saturday," he said. "Mentally, she wants to dive. The issue will be how the swelling and pain are. Going deep in the water is going to be hard on her nose."

Davis, a 17-year-old diver who trains in Columbus, Ohio, was competing in her first senior-level world championships. She was in 14th place at the time, which would have put her in position to advance to the semifinals Friday.

The fourth round of competition resumed after a brief delay.

[LHSpolevault]

I was watching CNN this morning and they showed a clip of that! Soo painful. OUCh.

[Mecham]

I think i saw it on ESPN or something, but the coach dove in right after her with all his close on and swam her back to the floor. Now that's a good coach

[pvchick]

ouch..thats gotta hurt. i was at a big gymnastics meet one time..and i saw this girl doin a move on bars..and she missed her hands..and landed on her face..she had a broken nose..and i think she broke her cheek bone too..plus she had to get like a total of 13/14 stitches on her face..and she came back like 3 hours later to watch the rest of the meet..and she looked sooo bad..her whole face was swolen and all blue..purle and black.

[RidinHigh]

Oh wow, gotta love the details in that!

she had a broken nose..and i think she broke her cheek bone too..plus she had to get like a total of 13/14 stitches on her face..and she came back like 3 hours later to watch the rest of the meet..and she looked sooo bad..her whole face was swolen and all blue..purle and black.