Just four short years ago, Ilya Zakharov was basking in the glory of his gold medal for Russia in the men’s 3m springboard. Back then, his impressive forward 4 and 1/2 somersault scored over 100 points, and his entrance into the pool couldn’t have been cleaner.
To put it mildly, his experience with the 3m in Rio didn’t go nearly as well. This time Zakharov’s dive was supposed to be a forward 2 and 1/2 somersault with 2 twists, but what he delivered was most definitely not that.
THAT'S GOTTA HURT! #RUS Ilia Zakharov won #Diving gold in London, but at #Rio2016 things went badly wrong… pic.