Diver Sarah Bacon turned around and made the US Olympic team after a series of injuries and exhaustion during the 2020 trials!
Bacon, 27, a favorite to make the 2020 team, revealed the bitter defeat “lit a fire” under her.
“I was planning to retire after the Olympics, so that kept me diving,” she said.
The courageous blonde had to overcome stress fractures in her back during teen and shoulder surgery while becoming a decorated collegiate diver. At this year’s Olympic trials, Bacon was a teammate Kassidy Cook won the synchronized three-meter springboard competition to secure their trip to Paris.
“We’ve faced a lot of obstacles together over the last few months, years to be honest,” Bacon said. “So I went through all that and made my first one Olympics …I have no words for it right now.”