Tom Daley won a bronze medal for Team Great Britain in the men’s 10 metre synchronised diving last night.
What’s missing from that statement?
"Brilliant, brilliant, just brilliant!"
Tom Daley & Dan Goodfellow win #bronze for #GBR#Diving #Olympics #Rio2016 https://t.co/EIiAwPUcfY
— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) August 8, 2016
You’re right. One person cannot win a synchronised event. In order to be synchronised, you need to synchronise with a partner. In this case, the other bronze medal winner was Daniel Goodfellow, but rather cruelly, the Olympic medalist was completely left off the ‘Daily Mail’s’ front page story.
DAILY MAIL FRONT PAGE: 'Greed and sexism at heart of police' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/JWHjHvgKG6
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 8, 2016
Daley and Goodfellow began training together last October and clinched only GB’s eighth Olympic diving medal after pipping Germany to third place in a tense finish. China’s Lin Yue and Chen Aisen, the pre-competition favourites, won gold by a comfortable margin.
https://twitter.com/GraemeDemianyk/status/762753947719311360
Although the British public are overjoyed with the pair’s incredible achievement, the front page snub left a bitter taste in some people’s mouth. The general consensus is that only one half of the team is getting the credit they both deserve.
and is that meant to be a surprise ? You do know it was a syncro dive where's the other guy ???? Ridiculous journalism
— jamie (@muffkin83) August 8, 2016
didn't Tom win as part of a duo? Why only a picture of him?
— Victoria Hawkes (@vickitheflorist) August 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/TaxedUKCitizen/status/762766949432619009
https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/762771161751097344
