International
'I was determined to keep going': US' Gibson bruised but undaunted after horror dive at Paris Olympics
PARIS — The day did not start off well for American diver Alison Gibson. Her feet crashed into the springboard when she was in a tucked position amid a somersault in her first dive in the preliminary round of the Olympic women's 3-metre springboard
Her feet crashed into the springboard when she was in a tucked position amid a somersault in her first dive in the preliminary round of the Olympic women's 3-metre springboard competition.
After a loud bang and gasps from the audience, Gibson fell awkwardly into the water, making a splash that no diver would be proud of.
Her dive was judged as a failure and she got zero points.
Gibson, however, kept going and finished her remaining four dives with as much composure as she could muster but still finished last, marking the end of her Olympic journey.
"I hit my heels and my feet on the board. I have cuts along the sides. And then I bruised my right heel pretty good, but I was determined to keep going," a tearful Gibson told Reuters, her cuts still raw on both feet.
"I definitely was in pain," she said. "But one thing that I say is I hope that anyone who is watching just was able to see what it looks like to get up and keep going even when things don't go the way you want them to. It's about the fight."
