Biography of greg louganis hiv

Greg Louganis knew something was off as soon as his feet left the springboard. It was September 19, 1988, and the U.S. diver who had won two golds at the previous Olympics, was competing in the preliminaries at the Seoul Olympic Games.

He later recounted to ABC’s Barbara Walters that he knew it “was going to be close because I could feel it in my own body. What I was concerned about was hitting my hands, so I came out wide so that the board would go by, and I wouldn’t hit it.

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I started coming out of the dive and I heard this big hollow thud…”

That “big hollow thud” was the back of Louganis’ head, which collided with the springboard after his body had spun in two and a half somersaults and then unfolded to meet the water.

After a doctor applied four stitches to his wound, Louganis was able to return to the diving board and finish the round in third place. He went on to win the gold medal and become the first man to win back-to-back Olympic golds in both the springboard and platfor