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Second diver scores zero after failing appeal for 'terrible' dive

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Published 16:28 8 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Second diver scores zero after failing appeal for 'terrible' dive

The moment of truth ended in disaster for this hopeful Mexican diver

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Not every Olympic story ends up being a happy one and a second diver in the Paris Olympics has been awarded a score of zero from the judges.

The Olympics is a tension-heavy atmosphere, to say the least. Athletes carry the expectations of everyone watching, friends and family, coaches and trainers - not to mention their whole country.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter whether you have done something a million times, when it comes to game day, now and again it just doesn’t come together.

This seemed to be the case for Mexican diver Aranza Vazquez as her Olympic dreams quickly devolved into a nightmare as the athlete scored a zero in the 3 meter springboard event.

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Aranza Vazquez's dive failed to come together on Thursday.(MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Aranza Vazquez's dive failed to come together on Thursday.(MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

This marked the second diver to score a zero in the Paris Olympics in diving as US diver Alison Gibson also suffered a heartbreaking incident that saw her land a zero.

Gibson's very first dive during the preliminary event resulted in her hitting her feet and heels on the board, with the impact causing her to lose momentum and entering the water feet first.

Gibson was hoping to secure her spot in the women's 3m springboard semi-finals. Similarly, Vaquez was hoping to secure herself a place in Friday's (August 9) 3m springboard final with her performance.

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She even seemed to be off to a good start on Thursday and sat seventh after her third dive.

However, on her fourth dive of the day, things just didn’t come together.

Attempting a couple of backwards somersaults, at a difficulty level of 3.0, she appeared to misjudge her takeoff.

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She plummeted to the water, ending in an unnatural position on her back with BBC commentators calling it a ‘disastrous dive’.

After Vaquez splashed into the water, pundit and former diver Leon Taylor said: “Disastrous dive, you could tell that was going to happen.

“She’s holding her hand up which means she wants to speak to the referee. If the referee thinks the complaint is valid he will allow a restart.

Aranza Vazquez speaks to judges after her failed dive. (Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Aranza Vazquez speaks to judges after her failed dive. (Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Otherwise, if he doesn’t think it’s valid, a bit like the false starts in athletics, you can run under protest but there’s no such thing in diving."

Unfortunately, Vaquez’s appeal proved to be unsuccessful meaning her score of zero would stand and she wouldn’t get another opportunity to dive.

Taylor added: “I don’t know what the complaint is so I can’t really comment on the validity of it. I didn’t see any flashes but I’m not on the diving board.

“It’s not really controversial, I think that’s OK from a decision.”

Featured Image Credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images / MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images

Topics: Olympics, Sport, World News, BBC

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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