A French Olympic diver has responded to the ‘ridiculous’ tumble he took off a diving board during the inauguration ceremony Thursday for a new Olympic aquatic centre in Paris.

“I fell in front of the president,” Alexis Jandard said in French in a video shared with <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Britain\u2019s Sky News&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://news.sky.com/video/french-olympic-diver-alexis-jandard-reacts-to-his-fall-at-olympic-aquatic-centre-inauguration-13107956&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://news.sky.com/video/french-olympic-diver-alexis-jandard-reacts-to-his-fall-at-olympic-aquatic-centre-inauguration-13107956" target="_blank">Britain’s Sky News</a>, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron, who was attending the ceremony. “I fell in front of the whole of France.”

'I fell in front of the whole of France,' Alexis Jandard said, while appearing to be in good spirits after the tumble{ai:summary}<p>French diver embarrassingly tumbles off diving board in front of President Macron at Olympic aquatic centre inauguration. #sports</p>

Video: Olympic diver reacts to 'funny' tumble he took 'in front of the whole of France'

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