Olympics-Diving-Puerto Rico's first-time Olympian diver in tears as armstand goes awry

Diving - World Aquatics Championships - Hamad Aquatic Centre, Doha, Qatar - February 5, 2024 Puerto Rico's Maycey Adrianne Vieta in action during the women's 10m platform semi final REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

PARIS (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's only diver to qualify for the Paris Olympics, Maycey Vieta, was in tears after she failed to make the semi-final of the women's 10-metre platform event on Monday when the armstand start of one of her dives went wrong.

She had qualified for Paris when she achieved 15th place in the Doha world Championships in February, becoming Puerto Rico's first female diver to compete in the Olympics in 20 years.