
Aside from Leon Marchand, who clinched his fourthswimminggoldmedal yesterday, another French athlete, 21-year-oldpole vaulterAnthony Ammirati, has become an instant viral phenomenon after an incident involving his crotch.
Ammirati missed his target height and knocked down the pole withhis bulge on Saturday, which caused him to fail his qualifying track for the final. The scene left commentators scrambling to find words but it quickly sparked memes and jokes all over social media.
“When you’re about to win an Olympic medal but your massive d*ck gets in the way while the whole world watches in slow motion,” one user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote.
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Anthony Ammirati failed the bar and the commentators are clearly having a hard time acknowledging what happened