Luckily, it was only three meters above the pool. The 26-year-old didn’t feel too embarrassed by falling on the dive, despite the distinguished guests who were present for the ceremony.

During the opening of the Paris Aquatics Centre on April 4 ahead of the Olympics this year, three of France's competing divers marked the occasion with an inaugural dive, according to NBC News.

French diver Alexis Jandard suffered a mishap on Thursday when he fell off the diving board in front of President Emmanuel Macron during an Olympic pool inauguration. Preparing to dive off the ...

I was scuba diving in a man-made pool and with each passing moment, my preconceptions about what this experience would be ...