Tom Daley won a bronze medal for Team Great Britain in the men’s 10 metre synchronised diving on Monday.
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
Both Daley – and Goodfellow – began training together last October, 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.
Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow with the best Rio celebration so far pic.twitter.com/Tgd4xA9Ld0
— Graeme Demianyk (@GraemeDemianyk) August 8, 2016
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.
@SkyNews and is that meant to be a surprise ? You do know it was a syncro dive where's the other guy ???? Ridiculous journalism
— Jamus mcmuffkin (@muffkin83) August 8, 2016
@SkyNews didn't Tom win as part of a duo? Why only a picture of him?
— Victoria Hawkes (@vickitheflorist) August 8, 2016
@SkyNews @MailOnline did you forget to include @danngoodfellow in the front page? #duo
— British Army Veteran (@TaxedUKCitizen) August 8, 2016
Congrats to Tom Daley (and his synchro partner Dan Goodfellow, who seems to be getting cropped out of the story): pic.twitter.com/DEizCZT14s
— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) August 8, 2016