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I'm not sure I can say anything about this that hasn't been said already. Worst Olympic dive ever? (Original Post) A HERETIC I AM Aug 2012 OP
New phrase: To Feck Up. sadbear Aug 2012 #1
got any vids of you doing better? nt msongs Aug 2012 #2
I have a vid of me doing that very same dive, but with a twist so I belly flop. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2012 #3
Do YOU? Brickbat Aug 2012 #6
he fucked up, or lost the dive. BUT.... at least he can say he did it well. that is great seabeyond Aug 2012 #4
I thought that award belonged to the Chinese women's badminton team. Scuba Aug 2012 #5
The agony of defeat. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #7
Someone hits the board on the way back down now and then, so that'd probably top this. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #8
I have seen several of those types over the years.... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2012 #10
Worse than Krauthammer's?? opiate69 Aug 2012 #9

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)
3. I have a vid of me doing that very same dive, but with a twist so I belly flop.
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:55 PM
Aug 2012

It'll cost ya, though.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
4. he fucked up, or lost the dive. BUT.... at least he can say he did it well. that is great
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:58 PM
Aug 2012

in entertainment value. sorry for him. thanks

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. The agony of defeat.
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 09:07 PM
Aug 2012

I really feel bad for this guy....you know he is capable of doing a great dive. Sometimes, life sucks.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)
10. I have seen several of those types over the years....
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 09:38 PM
Aug 2012

and I'm thinking, that has to fucking hurt!

I have no doubt that the fellow in the .gif I posted is an excellent diver. You don't get to the Olympics if you can't dive at the highest level.

But still.....it's funny. I'm betting he laughed at himself later on.

Of course, hitting the board or platform is bad form, no doubt.

But I still think the above clip is funny,

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