Russian diver scores 0.0 on one of the worst dives in Olympic history

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Twenty-eight-year-old Russian diver Nadezhda Bazhina saw her Olympic medal dreams vanish before her eyes on a brutal dive in the women's 3-meter springboard prelims.

After scoring well on her other five dives, Bazhina's attempt got off to a shaky start when she appeared to slip on the diving board, thus forcing her to take off at an awkward angle.

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It all went wrong from there.

Here's where she was when she took off:


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Here's how she landed:


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She scored a 0.0 on the dive.

Her coach was horrified:


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You can see the entire dive here >

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