Nikita Hains narrowly misses advancing to semifinal in Olympic Games debut

WAIS diving graduate Nikita Hains had a mixed day on her Olympic debut missing advancing by just 15 points.

After a nervois start with a back 2¬Ω somersaults 1¬Ω twists that scored 43.20 points the 20-year-old improved over the next two sives with a 54 and 67.2 on a forward 3¬Ω somersaults and armstand back double somersault 1¬Ω Twists to sit 20th, just two spots from the semifinals after three dives.

A 44.80 on a reverse 2¬Ω somersaults was a further set back before Hains finished with an inward 3¬Ω somersaults that scored 60.80. 

“I’m happy with how I clawed back and kept fighting and fought to the end,” Hains said, “I’m just so excited that I even became an Olympian just now. 

“It’s so surreal, it’s something that I’ve been dreaming of my whole life. For that to just happen, I can’t even put it into words.” 

“I’m still really young so there is still plenty left in the tank.”