High Diving Institute holds ceremony for new facility at Utah Olympic Park | July 9, 2021 – The Park Record
July 22, 2021
The High Diving Institute of America unveiled their high diving platform at the Utah Olympic Park July 9, 2021, the tallest in all of North America. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
A new high diving platform is build on the east side of the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning, July 9, 2021. The highest platform is 27 meters (approximately 88 1/2 feet) high. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and founder of the International High Diving Institute, speaks to a crowd gathered on the deck of the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and founder of the International High Diving Institute, right, speaks to a crowd gathered on the deck of the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Colin Hilton, president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, speaks on camera on the deck of the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and founder of the International High Diving Institute, center, cuts a red ribbon at a ceremony to unveil the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
The International High Diving Institute team celebrates after a ribbon-cutting during a ceremony to unveil the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Balloons are attached to the two highest diving platforms, the 20 meter (65 feet) and 27 meter (88 feet) indicating their heights during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Maria Quintero, a professional high diver for Colombia, spots her landing in the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Nate Jimerson, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off the platform at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and the founder of the International High Diving Institute, waves to the crowd below on the pool deck before participating in a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and the founder of the International High Diving Institute, somersaults off of the 20 meter (65 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Ellie Smart, a professional high diver for the United States and the founder of the International High Diving Institute, dives from the 20 meter (65 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
James Lichtenstein, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off of a diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
James Lichtenstein, a professional high diver for the United States, spots his landing in the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
James Lichtenstein, a professional high diver for the United States, spots his landing in the training pool at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Gideon Fish, 11, a junior diver, jumps from a handstand off of a diving platform during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Owen Weymouth, a professional high diver for Great Britain, counts down his dive off of the 27 meter (88 feet) diving platform at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Owen Weymouth, a professional high diver for Great Britain, jumps off of the 27 meter (88 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Owen Weymouth, a professional high diver for Great Britain, jumps off of the 27 meter (88 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Maria Quintero, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off of the 20 meter (65 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Maria Quintero, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off of the 20 meter (65 feet) diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Maria Quintero, a professional high diver for the United States, spots her landing in the Utah Olympic Park training pool during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
James Lichtenstein, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off of a diving platform as part of a diving demonstration during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Nate Jimerson, a professional high diver for the United States, jumps off the diving platform at the Utah Olympic Park during a diving demonstration as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new high diving facility at the Utah Olympic Park Friday morning, July 9, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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