Diver David Boudia Talks 'Pain of Defeat,' But Will 'Move Forward' After Not Qualifying for Olympic Team

Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty David Boudia has sadly not qualified for the U.S. Olympic dive team. The athlete, 32, opened up about his narrow loss on Sunday in a statement on Instagram. “The pain of defeat,” the diver wrote, alongside a photo of him in competition mode. “That’s sports for ya, a rollercoaster of highs and lows.” Despite not making it at the Olympic Trials, Boudia voiced that he’s still filled with “joy.

Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword Off Coast of Israel: 'A Beautiful and Rare Find'

The IAA said Atlit resident Shlomi Katzin was diving in the Mediterranean Sea when he came across several ancient artifacts on the seabed. Among the items Katzin found was a sword with a 3.3-foot-long blade and a hilt measuring over 11 inches long, per the release. Wanting to prevent the sword from being stolen or buried, Katzin took it ashore, where he contacted the inspector for the IAA Northern District’s Robbery Prevention Unit to report his findings, the IAA said.

Diver Finds Long-Lost iPhone in River with Texts from Woman's Late Dad — and It Still Works!

Photo: Erica Bennett/ Facebook Erica Bennett thought she’d never see her iPhone 6s again after she accidentally dropped it in South Carolina’s Edisto River in June 2018. But in a twist of events, a popular diver has reunited her with the phone — and sentimental text messages from her late father. “I almost thought I was beingPunk’d,” Bennett, of North Charleston, tells PEOPLE, referring to the well-known prank series. “I think I said, ‘No s—!

Diver Finds Message in a Bottle from 1926 and Reunites Note with Late Writer's Daughter

Photo: Courtesy Jennifer Dowker While scuba diving in Michigan earlier this month, Jennifer Dowker found a treasure. A small, green glass bottle with a piece of paper rolled up inside was sitting at the bottom of the Cheboygan River — just underneath Dowker’s glass-bottom boat. “I thought, ‘A message in a bottle? Cool!'” Dowker, 45, toldThe Washington Post. “Rob picked the broken cork out of the bottle with his jackknife and dumped out the water, then we carefully got the note out,” she said.

Diver Krysta Palmer Gets Olympic Bronze in 3m Springboard, First U.S. Woman to Do So in 33 Years

Krysta Palmer.Photo: Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images Krysta Palmer just ended a three-decade drought in diving for the United States. The 29-year-old American diver won the bronze medal in the women’s 3m springboard at theTokyo Summer Olympicson Sunday, finishing with a score of 343.75. First place went to China’s Tingmao Shi, while Shi’s teammate Han Wang won silver. Fellow Team USA member Hailey Hernandez finished the event in ninth place.