Tonia Couch

Couch closes Rio 2016 in twelfth place

18 Aug 2016

Team GB’s Tonia Couch finished the Women’s 10m platform final in twelfth place after taking to the boards for a second time on day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Couch progressed from a shaky semi-final to qualify in ninth for the final and faced a talented field of divers in the five round final at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.

Her opening two dives saw improved scores compared to the day’s earlier semi-final.

Couch’s strongest and highest scoring dive came in the fourth round, a Back 2 ½ Somersaults 1 ½ Twists Piked collected 72.00 points.

A couple of missed entries meant she slipped down the rankings and concluded the Olympic final in 12th overall and a score of 323.70.

Couch said afterwards:  “I know I can do a lot better but I’ve made the final which was my main aim today so I have to take something good away from that and I can definitely look back positively on my synchro experience as well.

“I wanted to have fun in that final but it’s just a shame it wasn’t my best performance. I finished with a great dive though so I guess that was good to do."