--- title: Watch Two Filipino Divers Spectacularly Mess Up at the SEA Games description: A video of two Filipino divers has gone viral after the two athletes scored perfect zeroes for botched dives at the Southeast Asian Games canonical: https://time.com/3918579/diving-philippines-sea-games-filipino-john-elmerson-fabriga-john-david-pahoyo/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-12T03:47:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:25.474Z og:title: Watch Filipino Divers Spectacularly Mess Up at the SEA Games og:description: Both scored perfect zeroes from the judges. og:url: https://time.com/3918579/diving-philippines-sea-games-filipino-john-elmerson-fabriga-john-david-pahoyo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Filipino Divers Spectacularly Mess Up at the SEA Games twitter:description: Both scored perfect zeroes from the judges. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Two Filipino Divers Spectacularly Mess Up in International Competition > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Jun 12, 2015 3:47 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Jun 12, 2015 3:47 AM UTC A video of two Filipino [divers](http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/196259/filipino-divers-at-sea-games-who-were-featured-in-a-viral-fail-video-respond) has gone viral after the two athletes botched up their fourth dives in the men’s 3-m springboard event Wednesday at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. John Elmerson Fabriga, 21, and John David Pahoyo, 17, both landed awkwardly on their backs after attempting their dives, fails that earned them both a [score](http://results.seagames2015.com/eng/dv/engdv%5Faquatics%5Fdiving%5Fresults%5Fmens%5F3m%5Fspringboard%5Fm001%5F1%5F01.htm) of zero from the judges, reports the Inquirer.net. Both men tried to laugh off their blunders after the dive and Pahoyo even commented on the video, which has racked up over 1.6 million views after it was posted to the Facebook page [SGAG](https://www.facebook.com/sgag.sg/videos/1178654215482898/). “I even laughed at myself after I did this dive,” he said tagging his teammate Fabriga. “I am still proud because not all of us has the privilege to represent our own country to such a big sporting event like this. And by the way can I ask all of you if you can still smile after getting embarrassed in front of thousands of people?” But not everybody is laughing, as Philippine Sports Commission chair Richie Garcia [reportedly](http://sports.inquirer.net/183923/sea-games-filipino-divers-make-splash-land-flat-on-their-backs-during-performance) said Thursday he wants an explanation from the aquatics chief Mark Joseph. “I will give the opportunity for the Philippine Swimming Inc. president to explain, because he fought for these divers to come here and compete,” said Garcia. \[[_Inquirer.net_](http://sports.inquirer.net/183923/sea-games-filipino-divers-make-splash-land-flat-on-their-backs-during-performance)\] ### Diving into a Different World Cup  David Boudia and Steele Johnson of United States compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day Two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanhai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Yu Okamoto and Kazuki Murakami of Japan compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Francesco Dell'uomo and Maicol Verzotto of Italy compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanhai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Francesco Dell'uomo and Maicol Verzotto of Italy compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Sascha Matthias Klein and Patrick Hausding of Germany compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  David Boudia and Steele Johnson of United States compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day Two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Lin Yue and Cao Yuan of China compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Yu Okamoto and Kazuki Murakami of Japan compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. Lintao Zhang—Getty Images  Yu Okamoto and Kazuki Murakami of Japan compete in the men's 10M Synchro Springboard Preliminary on day two of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 16, 2014. 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