Defending diving champ bombs out with epic belly flop

Reigning Olympic diving champion Ilya Zakharov bombed out of the 3-metre springboard competition after this epic bellyflop in the semi-finals.

The Russian became a big name casualty, finishing last in the 18-strong field after his huge splash into the water.

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His day went from bad to worse after back-to-back low scores left him with a mountain to climb today. Instead he ended up producing this shocker.

Australian Grant Nel finished in 15th place, a disappointing outing for the 28-year old, but a positive all round, after overcoming serious injury to make his Olympic debut.