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
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.
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.
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.