Well done to him…
Oliver Dingley finished in eighth place in the men’s 3m springboard final on Tuesday night at the Rio Olympics.
He’s Ireland’s first Olympic diver in 68 years, since Eddie Heron competed in the 1948 Olympic games in London, and he produced a fine performance in the final last night.
The Yorkshire-born diver started well, and was sitting in fourth place in the standings after his third dive, but he waned towards the end and finished up in eighth spot.
Over his six dives he achieved a personal best score of 442.90 while China’s Yuan Cao clinched the gold medal.
But Dingley’s performance captured the hearts of many people as he spoke to RTÉ afterwards of his pride at representing Ireland…
8th for Oliver Dingley in Diving. Proud. 🇮🇪
— John Duggan (@JohnDugganSport) August 16, 2016
Well done Oliver Dingley, 8th in final of 3m diving, I think also 1st Irishman to get to a diving final? #Bród #TeamIreland
— Mokong (@MokongX3M) August 17, 2016
Nothing to see here. Just the 2½ Forward Somersaults with the double twist. #Diving pic.twitter.com/w9R9HmkzHT
— Ross O'Donoghue (@Ross_OD) August 16, 2016
Oliver Dingley finishes in eighth position in the 3m springboard final. Well done Oliver. Top, top bombing all night long. Did #IRL proud.
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) August 16, 2016
@OliverDingley Congratulations! Amazing performance tonight in the 3M finals! The best is yet to come. Cheers!
— LitlWolf (@LitlWolf1) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/KevKilty/status/765715274679091201
Well done @OliverDingley on great 8th place finish in #Olympics2016 diving! Look forward to seeing you back in @nacdublin pool soon!
— P C (@PTKswims) August 16, 2016
Well Done @OliverDingley in your Olympic final today, you've done everyone proud!
— Soph (@mcbustedivers) August 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/magda_lena75/status/765759265252503552
Roll on Tokyo 2020…
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