‘Unlucky but also good flex’ another pointed out.
‘The best way to lose… man ego still there,’ someone else said.
Anthony Ammirati failed to qualify for the men’s pole vault after his manhood caught the bar
‘Oh he brought that baguette to the games,’ a fan said.
Ammirati had already cleared two heights before his private parts messed up his score. He eventually finished 12th with a height of 5.60 in Group A.
Robin Emig and Thibault Collet – Ammirati’s compatriots – recorded heights of 5.60 meters and 5.75 meters, respectively.
Collet, who became the third best French performer in pole vault history in June after clearing a bar at 5.95 meters, said of his performance on Saturday: ‘When people say that the Games are different, well, it really is different.
Ammirati eventually finished 12th with a height of 5.6m. The pole vault final is now on Monday
‘Today, I missed my competition. I knew that this qualification was going to be tough and now I’m taking it in the face.
‘The Olympic Games are over. I’m going to pack my bags before going home.’
The pole vault event final will now take place on Monday.
Earlier at the Olympics, a French diver made the rounds of social media after a snap of his very tight swimming trunks was shared on X.
