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Watch: Russian Olympic diving champion Ilya Zakharov bellyflops into last place

Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 11:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

Russian diver Ilya Zakharov, who won gold in the men's three-metre springboard event at London 2012, may have produced one of the worst dives in Olympic history just four years later.

The 25-year-old St Petersburg-born competitor was eliminated at the semi-final stage of the Rio Games’ three-metre competition after a spectacularly poor bellyflop.

Zakharov received a round score of 0.0 from all seven judges, which ended his hopes of defending the 2012 title.

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