Feck'd It! German Diver Stephan Feck Completes Worst Dive Ever
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The preliminary round in men's 3m springboard diving was held on Monday, with Russia's Ilya Zakharov scoring the highest total, a 507.65. China's Chong He was second, and now leads the field into Tuesday's finals following the morning's semifinals. Failing to qualify was Germany's Stephan Feck, who finished dead-last and managed a total of just 133.80, a full 167.65 points behind the next-best (worst?) diver.
So what the Feck happened? Quite simply, he performed one of the worst dives ever in Olympic competition ...
... but made himself forever Internet famous.
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Duff'd it! Feck'd it!
It was Feck's second dive of the round, and it's actually kind of amazing to see the judge's scoring, because it's not often you see so many zeros.
Dive | Code | DD | Description | Position | ||||||||
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1 | 205B | 3.0 | Back 2 1/2 Somersault | Pike | ||||||||
J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 | J5 | J6 | J7 | Dive Avg | Dive Pen | Dive Score | |||
8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 67.50 | |||
2 | 107B | 3.1 | Forward 3 1/2 Somersault | Pike | ||||||||
J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 | J5 | J6 | J7 | Dive Avg | Dive Pen | Dive Score | |||
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
Yikes. To his credit, he rebounded with a successful third and final dive, scoring a 66.30.
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Perhaps the worst part for Feck? The headline possibilites. "Oh, Feck: German diver bombs - and gets nothing but a slap on the back for his efforts" - Sydney Morning Herald. Hopefully Feck can appreciate the fact that the Sydney Morning Herald's url begins with "smh" as much as I do.
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