Q: I recently was watching diving on Fox. How high are they diving from? What is the highest record for diving from a cliff or whatever?
—Eddie Webster Douglasville
A: Divers compete from platforms that are 10 meters (32.8 feet) above the water or from 3-meter springboards (9.8 feet) in meets such as the 2016 Olympics.
Dana Kunze set the world record for a high dive at 172 feet in 1983, according to a August 2015 Newsweek article.
High diving was a popular sport in the 1970s and ’80s, and often was shown on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.”
The divers jumped from man-made towers into pools. Kunze set the mark at Sea World in San Diego.
Laso Schaller set the world’s cliff jumping record at 192.9 feet in Switzerland last August.
“Once you get above 80 feet, everything starts to look and feel the same,” Schaller said in an article on redbull.com. “The only difference is the airtime.”
Q: Has Hillary Clinton stopped using her maiden name?
—Kathy McDonough, Peachtree Corners
A: The Clinton campaign said last November that Clinton no longer wanted to include Rodham as part of her name.
News outlets, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Associated Press, stated that they would no longer use Rodham in references to Hillary Clinton.
She has gone by Hillary Rodham, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Hillary Clinton during her marriage to Bill Clinton, the Washington Post reported last year.
She was identified as Hillary Rodham Clinton on the New York ballot when she ran for Senate in 2000.
Andy Johnston with Fast Copy News Service wrote this column. Do you have a question? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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