‘I’m allowed to make mistakes,’ Pamela Ware vows to return after ‘worst ever Olympic dive’

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Spare a thought for Canadian diver Pamela Ware who has just completed what has been dubbed the ‘worst ever dive in the Olympics.’ The 28-year-old was making her final attempt at the woman’s three metre springboard in a bid to qualify for the final when she made the shocking dive.

After stepping off the board, she appeared to pull out of the dive mid-jump and instead landed in the pool feet first in a pencil jump.

Not only did Pamela miss out on a place at the final but her performance resulted in an almost unheard of score of 0.0 from the judges and the dive has been denounced as among the worst in history.

Pamela made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo games and no doubt the dive is not how she envisioned grabbing the spotlight but she had a