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Half Gainer

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Noun

1. half gainer

a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Half Gainer

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noun
a type of dive in which the diver completes a half backward somersault to enter the water headfirst facing the diving board
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Half Gainer

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a fancy dive in which the diver springs from the board facing forward and does a back flip in the air so as to enter the water headfirst, facing the board

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Half Gainer

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n.
A dive in which the diver springs from the board facing forward, rotates backward in the air in a half backward somersault, and enters the water headfirst, facing the board.

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