US Olympic diver Krysta Palmer is looking to capture a medal in the women’s 3-meter springboard event after coming up short in the synchro competition.
Getty Diver Krysta Palmer reacts following a dive at the US Olympic Trials in 2021. Friday was a good day for Team USA in the women’s three-meter springboard diving event at the Tokyo Olympics.18-year-old Hailey Hernandez finished fifth in the preliminaries, easily advancing to the semifinal round, while Krysta Palmer just made the cut with a 15th place finish. On Saturday, the American duo looked to punch their ticket to the gold medal final. STOP READING IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW THE OUTCOME BEFORE THE PRIMETIME REBROADCAST ON CNBC. After a rough start to her Summer Games, Palmer — who finished eighth in the synchronized three-meter springboard with partner Alison Gibson — has looked determined to have her Olympic moment. In the semifinals, she improved on her earlier performance in a major way, logging her two biggest scores of the individual competition. She consequently finished the round in fifth place and advanced to the event final. While she’s working hard to break through in Tokyo, the 29-year-old Palmer is definitely used to the fight. Her road to even get to the Olympics was nothing short of a battle. Here are five fast facts you need to know about Palmer… A post shared by Krysta Palmer (@krystapalmer) As a child, the Carson City, Nevada native was a gymnast. And while her participation in the sport was a good way to keep her from “somersaulting off the couch,” as relayed by Team USA’s Karen Rosen, it resulted in a rare injury for someone of her age. At just 12 years old, Palmer was forced to undergo her first surgery after tearing the patellar tendon of her left knee on a tumbling pass. Later, Palmer became a high-level competitor on the trampoline. It was through that sport that she first found herself zeroing in on an Olympic team spot.
