French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati's manhood prevents him from medaling at Paris 2024

Anthony Ammirati has gone viral astatine nan Paris 2024 Olympics, aft failing to scope his target tallness because his manhood caught nan bar. 

The 21-year-old Frenchman looked group to clear 5.70m until a delicate portion of his assemblage denied him during his 3rd effort connected Saturday, leaving viewers successful hysterics connected societal media.

'Anthony Ammirati grounded nan barroom and nan commentators are already having a difficult clip acknowledging what happened. Help I'm dying,' a personification connected X posted. 

'Unlucky but besides bully flex' different pointed out. 

'The champion measurement to lose... man ego still there,' personification other said. 

'Oh he brought that baguette to nan games,' a instrumentality said. 

Ammirati had already cleared 2 heights earlier his backstage parts messed up his score. He yet vanished 12th pinch a tallness of 5.60 successful Group A. 

Robin Emig and Thibault Collet - Ammirati's compatriots - recorded heights of 5.60 meters and 5.75 meters, respectively. 

Collet, who became nan 3rd champion French performer successful rod vault history successful June aft clearing a barroom astatine 5.95 meters, said of his capacity connected Saturday: 'When group opportunity that nan Games are different, well, it really is different. 

'I thought it wouldn't needfully impact maine by arriving pinch perchance nan 3rd world capacity of nan year, but that doesn't mean anything.

'Today, I missed my competition. I knew that this qualification was going to beryllium reliable and now I'm taking it successful nan face.

'The Olympic Games are over. I'm going to battalion my bags earlier going home.' 

The rod vault arena last will now return spot connected Monday. 

Earlier astatine nan Olympics, a French diver made nan rounds of societal media aft a threat of his very tight swimming trunks was shared connected X.