Anthony Ammirati went viral at the Paris 2024 Olympics after failing to reach his goal height because his manhood caught the bar.
The 21-year-old Frenchman looked set to clear 5.70m until a sensitive part of his body prevented him from doing so during his third jump on Saturday, leaving spectators in hysterics on social media.
“Anthony Ammirati failed the exam and commenters are already having a hard time recognizing what happened. Help, I’m dying!” posted one user on X.
“Bad luck, but also good flexibility,” noted another.
“The best way to lose… the ego is still there,” someone else said.
Anthony Ammirati failed to qualify for the men’s pole vault after his manhood crashed into the bar.
“Oh, he brought that baguette to the games,” one fan said.
Ammirati had already cleared two heights before her private parts ruined her score. She eventually finished 12th with a height of 5.60 in Group A.
Ammirati’s compatriots Robin Emig and Thibault Collet recorded heights of 5.60 metres and 5.75 metres respectively.
Collet, who became the third best French athlete in pole vault history in June after clearing a distance of 5.95 metres, said of his performance on Saturday: “When people say the Games are different, well, they really are different.
‘I thought it wouldn’t necessarily affect me coming in with potentially the third world championship performance of the year, but that doesn’t mean anything.
Ammirati finished 12th with a height of 5.6m. The pole vault final will be held on Monday.
‘I missed the competition today. I knew this qualification was going to be difficult and now I’m taking it seriously.
‘The Olympics are over. I’m going to pack my bags before I go home.’
The pole vault final will now take place on Monday.
Earlier at the Olympics, a French diver took social media by storm after a photo of him in a very tight swimsuit was shared on X.
