French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati didn’t win a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but he might receive a quarter of a million dollars.
The 21-year-old athlete — who went viral after he failed to clear the crossbar because his bulge got in the way — is being offered a whopping $250,000 to show off his manhood on an adult website, according to TMZ.
CamSoda vice president Daryn Parker reportedly sent Ammirati an offer letter outlining the deal, saying, “If it was up to me, I’d award you for what everyone else saw: your talent below the belt.”
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“As a lover of crotch-centric activities,” Parker went on, per the outlet, “I’d love to offer you up to $250,000 in exchange for a 60-minute webcam show in which you show off your goods, minus the crossbar, of course.”
According to TMZ, Parker explained that Ammirati wouldn’t have to worry about his compression shorts not doing their job.
During Saturday’s track and field events, Ammirati vaulted himself into the air and seemingly made it over his 5.70m target when his package — which was highlighted by his skin-tight uniform — hit the bar on his way down, sending the bar to the floor along with him.
Fans had a field day with the blunder on social media, with many joking things like, “oh he brought that baguette to the games,” “when big d–k energy has an actual big d–k” and “the one time in your life you wish your pen15 was smaller.”
Someone else even predicted, “He’s going to stroll out of this Olympics with more ladies’ phone numbers than medals!”
Despite the frenzy, Ammirati was understandably bummed that he failed to reach the finals after finishing in 12th place, especially since he won gold at the World Athletics U20 Championships in 2022.
“It’s a big disappointment,” he told the French Athletics Federation, according to an English translation of his comments.
“I’m a bit gutted because I didn’t miss anything on the third attempt at 5.70m,” he continued. “What I did miss was a bit of jumping in training to fine-tune the settings. Just a technical session.”
Ammirati — who dealt with injuries leading up to the qualifying track and field event — felt “100 percent physically” before the attempt but “was missing a bit of pole vault.”
“The conditions were good. It’s the first time I’ve started a competition without any stress,” he explained. “As I was a total outsider, I only had one goal: to interact with the audience. I was almost there.”
He did not mention the elephant in the room.
