Watch Disaster Unfold as Diver Loses Footing During Inauguration of Olympic Pool
I don’t typically allow myself to engage in schadenfreude, that mysterious sense of pleasure fallen mankind sometimes derives from the misfortune of others. But it’s especially difficult to resist when it happens to a…
I don’t typically allow myself to engage in schadenfreude, that mysterious sense of pleasure fallen mankind sometimes derives from the misfortune of others.
But it’s especially difficult to resist when it happens to a Frenchman. In France. In front of his entire country. Including its president.
Is it just me? Maybe. If so, you can skip to some other story on The Western Journal — there are plenty of good ones to pick from — and not both to scroll down to the Video below.
Still with me? OK, then here’s what you need to know to understand the context of the Video below, as reported by The Guardian:
“The French diver Alexis Jandard slipped on a diving board during the inauguration of an Olympic swimming pool in Saint-Denis. The pool and Olympic Aquatic Center was inaugurated on Thursday by the President, Emmanuel Macron, ahead of the 2024 games in Paris.”