London 2012 Olympics: Tonia Couch loses appeal against Games diving snub 23-year-old Couch, who made two finals in Beijing in 2008, has been selected alongside Sarah Barrow for the 10m synchronised pair but was overlooked for the individual event in favour of Monique Gladding. We're unlikely to take the appeal further. Couch finished eighth in both the individual and synchronised pairs in the Beijing Olympics and recorded a personal best at the Olympic trials earlier in June. Writing on her Twitter account following the appeal decision, Couch said: "Thanks for everyones support xxx." Gladding, who was selected for the individual event instead of Couch, has made a remarkable recovery from a freak accident at a competition in Russia last February that almost killed her. She had to be dragged to safety from the bottom of the diving pool after she hit her head on the concrete 10m platform and plummeted unconscious into the water.