Wanted: diver to test uniquely complex mathematically devised dive

Based on simulations, dive including one-and-a-half somersaults and five twists is physically possible - researchers just need a diver to try it

Olympic divers are judged on power, agility and the ability to crisply execute improbable combinations of somersaults and twists in the couple of seconds it takes to travel from the board to the pool below.

Now, a pair of Australian mathematicians have devised a dive of unheard of complexity, which includes one-and-a-half somersaults and a record five twists.