Bertrand makes up for setbacks with early Olympics berth

Off to Paris: Bertrand Rhodict competes in the men’s 10m platform individual preliminary at the World Championships in Fukuoka. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: It takes strength of character to bounce back from not one but two setbacks.

And teenage diver Bertrand Rhodict showed the quality when he turned his disastrous outing in the synchro event on Monday to success in the men’s 10m platform individual yesterday at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, to secure an early Olympic Games ticket.