Stephan Feck and the most embarrassing dive of the London Games

entropy13 · 08-07-2012, 02:41 PM

LONDON — Stephan Feck finished dead last (No. 29 overall) in the preliminary round of Men's 3m Springboard Diving at the London Olympics and was eliminated from the competition on Monday.

But he did earn a consolation prize: Internet infamy.

Feck's second attempt at the Aquatics Centre saw the German land flat on his back in the water, after losing his grip on his left leg during his rotation. It was, shall we say, not a textbook dive.

The clip has gone viral as one of the Olympics' biggest bloopers (even as the IOC cracks down on its uploading). But what did the judges think?

From Robert Dillon of The Sydney Morning Herald:

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Instead of completing the maneuver and disappearing into the water with barely a ripple, he landed flat on the middle of his back. The resounding splat prompted a loud groan from the crowd, while each judge scored him zero.

The 22-year-old from Leipzig emerged from the pool in obvious distress. He completed another dive but then withdrew, in too much pain to continue.

Full article here.

FordGT90Concept · 08-07-2012, 02:52 PM

Every dog has his day. XD

Chevalr1c · 08-07-2012, 03:17 PM

That must have hurt, both literally and figuratively.

jmcslob · 08-07-2012, 03:30 PM

Reminds me an episode of the Simpson's where all but the American swimmers start drowning when they jump in to start swimming lol

de.das.dude · 08-07-2012, 04:29 PM

as usual shitty quality of news from entropy who forgot to add a video

_JP_ · 08-07-2012, 04:59 PM

"The video was blocked on copyright grounds."
What the hell?

entropy13 · 08-07-2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by _JP_

"The video was blocked on copyright grounds."
What the hell?

Nothing we can do with that. And d.d.d. just had an epic fail of a post in the process, which of course is his usual routine, failing epically.

Chevalr1c · 08-07-2012, 07:15 PM

Weird, the link to the video that the article itself provided used to link to dailymotion.com (sort of YT). Now there are two different links.

FordGT90Concept · 08-07-2012, 08:37 PM

NBC could have put in a copyright violation claim. A lot of videos removed from YouTube end up on DailyMotion.

hellrazor · 08-07-2012, 09:01 PM

There's a link here.

yogurt_21 · 08-07-2012, 09:42 PM

comes out of the tuck early because he only grabbed 1 leg, tries to recover and go into the water but he was still rotating out of control. pity though still not as impressive as the synchronzed fail of the Dumais brothers in the athens olympics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xYRsMT18b4

(at the 21 second mark until the end, might want to turn the audio down, it's very poor)

both of them perfectly synchronized as they both enter the water with their legs at a perfect 90 degrees. You can't plan that shit.

Chevalr1c · 08-08-2012, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by FordGT90Concept

NBC could have put in a copyright violation claim. A lot of videos removed from YouTube end up on DailyMotion.

Yeah, but there no notice of page updates. And claiming infringement violations for stuff like that is backwards.

remixedcat · 08-08-2012, 03:26 AM

the whole olympics is embarrassing.... the only thing I care about is the performance of the wifi networks there. LOL... so far Xirrus is doing the best LOL...

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FordGT90Concept Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: IA, USA Posts: 18,434 Thanks: 5,018 Thanked 4,974 Times in 3,391 Posts Dislikes: 133 Disliked 139 Times in 129 Posts	NBC could have put in a copyright violation claim. A lot of videos removed from YouTube end up on DailyMotion. __________________ Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. . --Professor Peter Hilton

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de.das.dude Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 8,535 Thanks: 3,338 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts Dislikes: 256 Disliked 740 Times in 518 Posts	as usual shitty quality of news from entropy who forgot to add a video

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yogurt_21 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 3,442 Thanks: 7,284 Thanked 1,644 Times in 981 Posts Dislikes: 69 Disliked 19 Times in 16 Posts	comes out of the tuck early because he only grabbed 1 leg, tries to recover and go into the water but he was still rotating out of control. pity though still not as impressive as the synchronzed fail of the Dumais brothers in the athens olympics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xYRsMT18b4 (at the 21 second mark until the end, might want to turn the audio down, it's very poor) both of them perfectly synchronized as they both enter the water with their legs at a perfect 90 degrees. You can't plan that shit. __________________ 1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd. 3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time! 1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one; Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Last edited by yogurt_21; 08-07-2012 at 10:02 PM.

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remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,492 Thanks: 4,684 Thanked 4,941 Times in 3,047 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	the whole olympics is embarrassing.... the only thing I care about is the performance of the wifi networks there. LOL... so far Xirrus is doing the best LOL... __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

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