This French Diver Slipped And Bounced Into The Water At A Ceremony And Even He Thought It Was Funny
Alexis Jandard, a French Olympic diver, experienced a mishap during the unveiling of the newly built Olympic Aquatic Center in Paris when he unexpectedly slipped and bounced off the diving board.
On Thursday, April 5, French President Emmanuel Macron officially opened the new €180 million Aquatics Centre, located in Paris, ahead of the Olympics, which will be held in the French capital later this year.
As part of the opening ceremony, the 26-year-old diver, a silver medalist in the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, was supposed to perform a somersault into the pool alongside two other athletes.
Jandard was seen hopping lightly on his three-meter springboard before making an uneasy landing on his right foot.
He appeared to struggle with his balance and then fell onto his lower back while his fellow divers, completed their routine.
Taking the fall in stride, Jandard shared a photo of his reddened back on his Instagram story with the caption “j’ai glissé chef” (“I slipped, chief”), which is a reference to an old French movie series, “La Septième Compagnie,” in which a soldier often slips and falls.
“For your information, my back is fine, but my ego…” Jandard wrote on his Instagram…“I fell in front of the president. I fell in front of the whole of France,” he wrote and jokingly asked his followers to tease him about the incident. “Honestly, I really deserve it.”
“These are things that happen but don’t usually happen to me. I’ve broken boards before but the board has never broken me before,” Jandard told French publication RMC Sport.
“It’s a shame but it’s funny. When you take a step back, it’s funny,” Jandard added.
Jandard, who has already qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, also competed in the men’s three-meter springboard event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Last year, he won a bronze medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event at the World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan.
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