it's a sport during the summer olympics, where athletes who've trained for this compete. they dive off of springboards (3 meter) and platform (3,5,9 meter).
The A Standard is the "automatic" qualifying time for an event. The B Standard is the backup qualifying time. To be guaranteed a spot in an Olympic event, you must both earn a slot from your country...
It is broken into three sections ...
1) Preliminaries 2) Semi-finals 3) Finals
Medals are awarded to athletes who are in the first three positions after the Finals.