Filipino divers flop their way to zeros

Everyone loves a battler, and it seems that there isn’t a bigger bunch of battlers in sport than the Filipino diving team.

Two of the country’s best divers flopped spectacularly with consecutive dives at the South East Asian (SEA) Games on Wednesday.

Footage from the competition shows a focussed John Elmerson Fabriga step up for his fourth dive in the 3m springboard final.

The Filipino fails to complete his final turn and lands on his back, causing an embarrassingly large splash that appears to wet some poolside spectators.

Fabriga was awarded zeros by all seven judges before his compatriot, John David Pahoyo, stepped onto the board.

Pahoyo also failed with his attempt of the 3.0 difficulty dive, failing to complete the final tumble and landing knees-first.

He was also awarded zeros by all seven judges as the Filipino duo consoled each other in the spa.