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?
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
Although the British public are overjoyed with Daley and Goodfellow’s incredible achievement, the front page snub has left a bitter taste in some people’s mouth. The general consensus is that only one half of the team is getting the credit.
@SkyNews @MailOnline did you forget to include @danngoodfellow in the front page? #duo
— British Army Veteran (@TaxedUKCitizen) 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 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
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