"A 0.0 Dive"

     It has been a subject of much debate in my household this week of what exactly it would take to get a 0.0 on in the diving routine of the Olympics. The front-runner theory holds that one must "trip while exiting the diving board to then land upon the sidewalk surrounding the pool." This is based of course on the idea that one must botch the initial jump and then not land in the water, otherwise some points would have to be awarded right? Because it is technically a dive at that point.

Boy were we wrong. Last night, a German diver named Stephen Feck decided to brave the high board even though he has been suffering from the flu for the past several days. What ensued can be described simultaneously as both awe-inspiring and cringeworthy.

A triple somersault with an over-rotation that ends in a back flop. A feat that I can only accomplish in my dreams and it gets a score of 0 out of 100 possible points. It helps put into perspective just how out of the ordinary the abilities of these athletes are. Also, it points out that the Olympic committee's idea of failure is grossly misaligned. Or that my imagination needs reworking.

Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184761/Diver-Stephan-Feck-falls-flat-attempt-forward-somersault.html#ixzz22s6ccM1K