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Ouch! Russian diver makes an Olympic splash by scoring zero after crash landing on her back

Poor Nadezhda Bazhina loses footing on take-off from springboard, suffers several flips and flops into water

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Published: 12:22, 14 Aug 2016
Updated: 13:09, 23 Aug 2016

RUSSIAN diver Nadezhda Bazhina scoring zero with a cringe-inducing back flop into the pool at the Rio Olympics.

She produced a horrendous dive during the 3metre springboard preliminary round.

So far so good...Nadezhda Bazhina is about to attempt her 3m springboard dive — So far so good...Nadezhda Bazhina is about to attempt her 3m springboard diveCredit: AP:Associated Press

Whoops! Bazhina is out of control as she heads for a crash landing — Whoops! Bazhina is out of control as she heads for a crash landingCredit: AP:Associated Press

Ouch! Bazhina back flops into the water — Ouch! Bazhina back flops into the waterCredit: AP:Associated Press

It was supposed to be a three-and-a-half somersault...but turned out to be something completely different.

Bazhina lost her footing as she sprang from the board, killed her take-off and completed several flips as she fell.

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She looked to have regained her composure halfway through the routine but couldn't keep control and smacked back-first into the water.

Bazhina's score ended her hopes of making the semi-final of the event despite four previous good dives.

That's better...Bazhina earlier in the competition — That's better...Bazhina earlier in the competitionCredit: Reuters

A similar disaster befell Germany's Stephan Feck at London 2012 as he attempted a somersault, but lost the grip on one leg which saw him spin out of control and land flat on the water flat on his back with a huge thud.

He climbed out of the pool apparently unhurt after huge gasps from the crowd during the men's three-metre springboard, but received zeroes from all the judges.

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