Fans witnessed a shocking incident during a water polo match between the United States and Australia at the Paris Olympics, where an American athlete appears to pull on an opponent’s swimming trunks.
The moment was surprisingly shown as a replay on television and was inevitably seized upon by a viewer who recorded the footage and uploaded it to TikTok.
An Australian player can clearly be seen wrestling with an opponent who appears to have the US flag on the back of his shorts.
The Australian was grabbed by his swimming trunks and dragged underwater, but one of the underwater cameras located just behind him captured the footage.
The American athlete appears to have the number 7 on his swimming cap, which According to the US Water Polo website it could mean The player in question is Ben Hallock, who played 15 minutes of the game.
Fans witnessed a shocking incident during a water polo match between the United States and Australia
An American water polo player appeared to grab his opponent’s swimsuit underwater
The United States defeated Australia on penalties in men’s water polo on August 7.
The clip, which was uploaded to TikTok with the caption: ‘What’s going on in water polo?’
And while many fans were shocked after seeing the clip, others explained that it was actually a common move.
One fan commented: “It’s pretty normal, unfortunately. Men often wear two trunks for this reason. Women kick each other to scratch their legs.”
Another said: “This is very common in water polo! We wear two suits or suits that are too small for us, but no one has an underwater camera until you get to the Olympics.”