Alison Gibson is leaving the 2024 Olympics with her head held high.
The Team USA diver shocked crowds during the women’s 3-meter springboard competition in Paris on Aug. 7 when she slammed her feet on the springboard mid-flip during her first dive.
The mistake prompted a penalty for Alison, registering her performance as a non-dive and earning her a score of 0.0. The 25-year-old continued the competition with her four remaining dives, but ultimately finished 28th out of the 28 athletes. Still, she is not letting the loss taint her time at the Olympics.
“Our worth is not defined by one painful moment,” Alison wrote on Instagram Aug. 8. “I am who I am because of the journey it took to get here. And I will not let the shame and pain of this moment define me and my worth.”
She shared the messaged alongside a video of her mishap, adding, “In my 15 years diving, this has never happened to me. My feet were bleeding. My heels were painfully bruised from hitting the board.”
