Canadian Diver Pamela Ware crashed out of the semifinal event at the Tokyo Olympics
Pamela took a misstep while approaching for a 3.5 difficulty dive and was forced to abort her planned attempt the second she jumped. As a result, she landed in the pool on her feet and scored a rare 0.0 at the Olympics.
Updated: August 03, 2021, 20:47 IST
Athletes train all their lives for that one chance to represent their country and showcase their talent on the world stage during the Olympics. However, when the stage is bigger, even the smallest mistakes and accidents can overshadow your hard work for years. Something similar happened to Canadian Diver Pamela Ware who crashed out of the semifinal event at the Tokyo Olympics after a rare score of 0.0 in her last attempt at the semifinal event.
Pamela took a misstep while approaching for a 3.5 difficulty dive and was forced to abort her planned attempt the second she jumped. As a result, she landed in the pool on her feet and scored a rare 0.0 at the Olympics. Her low dive score eliminated her from the race to podium finish and she exited the tournament after this miscue.
Speaking to Canadian broadcaster CBC, the athlete said that had she gone for the dive, she would have ended up hurting herself. Pamela later posted an Instagram video thanking her fans for the support and said that she was proud of her journey despite the failure at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
She started off the video by thanking her fans for their encouragement during this time and said that she was proud to have come some far. Overwhelmed by emotions, Pamela’s voice choked, and she added that what people see at the competition is only a fraction of the effort it takes to reach this point and she was completely ready for the big day. However, she made a mistake and that could have happened to anyone. She reemphasized fact that she was proud of her journey and hoped to make a comeback soon.
Pamela's video has so far got over 70 thousand views along with several comments on the platform. Her fans and fellow athletes expressed their solidarity with her and said that it was just bad luck, and she would soon make a comeback like a champion.
Canadian Pamela Ware botches dive in spectacular fashion
Daniel Rainbird
·Writer
Wed., August 4, 2021,
Pamela Ware's podium dreams were squashed in the blink of an eye. (Photo via @EmilyBenammar/Twitter)
The Olympic Games are a collection of events filled with Herculean athletes who can run faster, jump higher and throw further than seems humanly possible.
But Canadian diver Pamela Ware just reminded us that Olympians are mortals, after all.
Ware entered the 3-metre seminal at Tokyo 2020 in fourth place, but all hopes of a podium finish sank after the 28-year-old scored 0.0 on her final dive.
The Greenfield, Que., native ran up the plank, bounced twice, and just as she was about to spring into action… aborted mission.
Ware explained after the competition that attempting the dive could have put her at risk of injury.
Despite the devastating result, the 2019 Pan American gold medalist kept a positive mindset, thanked fans for “beautiful messages of encouragement” and promised to come back stronger.
"I am very proud of myself,” Ware said in an Instagram video. “What you see in the competition is just a tiny factor of what we actually do to get to where we are. I was so ready for this competition and I made a mistake, it could have happened to anybody, but it happened to me at the wrong time.
"I hope you guys are gonna get used to having me around because I’m not going anywhere. I’m not giving up. This competition doesn’t define me, and I’m not letting it defeat me."
Ware was right, it could have happened to anybody, and it actually did before she even failed that dive. Mexican Arantxa Chavez scored zero in the earlier preliminary round after messing up in nearly identical fashion
Daniel Rainbird
·Writer
Wed., August 4, 2021,
Pamela Ware's podium dreams were squashed in the blink of an eye. (Photo via @EmilyBenammar/Twitter)
The Olympic Games are a collection of events filled with Herculean athletes who can run faster, jump higher and throw further than seems humanly possible.
But Canadian diver Pamela Ware just reminded us that Olympians are mortals, after all.
Ware entered the 3-metre seminal at Tokyo 2020 in fourth place, but all hopes of a podium finish sank after the 28-year-old scored 0.0 on her final dive.
The Greenfield, Que., native ran up the plank, bounced twice, and just as she was about to spring into action… aborted mission.
Ware explained after the competition that attempting the dive could have put her at risk of injury.
Despite the devastating result, the 2019 Pan American gold medalist kept a positive mindset, thanked fans for “beautiful messages of encouragement” and promised to come back stronger.
"I am very proud of myself,” Ware said in an Instagram video. “What you see in the competition is just a tiny factor of what we actually do to get to where we are. I was so ready for this competition and I made a mistake, it could have happened to anybody, but it happened to me at the wrong time.
"I hope you guys are gonna get used to having me around because I’m not going anywhere. I’m not giving up. This competition doesn’t define me, and I’m not letting it defeat me."
Ware was right, it could have happened to anybody, and it actually did before she even failed that dive. Mexican Arantxa Chavez scored zero in the earlier preliminary round after messing up in nearly identical fashion
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