French Olympic diver Alexis Jandard suggests an embarrassing slip-up in front of his country's president hurt his ego more than his back.
An elite French diver made an embarrassing faux pas this week at the opening ceremony for a prized Olympic venue in Paris ahead of the Summer Games. With a price tag of more than $160 million, the Olympic Aquatics Center is the only permanent sports facility built for the games. It will host swimming, water polo and diving during the 2024 Paris Summer Games in front of roughly 5,000 fans from around the world.
They took turns showing perfect precision as they plunged from the 10-meter diving board, which towers nearly 33 feet over the pool surface, in front of French President Emmanuel Macron and other VIPs.But when Jandard stepped onto a lower board and took the first bounce for his dive, he lost his footing and took a tumble, hitting the board with his back and then his bottom before bouncing into the pool.
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