The beginning of a European Rugby Champions Cup game in Toulouse, FranceWas delayed after a parachute jumper who was wearing the match ball tangled on the stadium roof.
He rose quickly when the right side of his blue and white parachute stuck on a roof section and dangled about 15 meters above a section of the fans.
Numerous videos published on X showed that two firefighters finally reached the covered parachute jumper via a long leader.
According to reports, the parachutist was a French soldier.
He seemed to be intact and helped them dislocate the slide when the crowd started to cheer when they saw that he was safe.
After the firefighters finally torn the last piece of the parachute from the roof, they were treated with huge ovation, and in turn caused the crowd to milk the applause.
The match against the English team sales of Toulouse then started after a delay of 40 minutes, with Toulouse winning 38-15.