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Pole vaulter’s Olympic dream shattered by his own manhood (metro.co.uk)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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As the Frenchman prepared to relinquish his pole, his own manhood grazed the bar with enough force to send it crashing to the floor, thus ending his hopes of a medal.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://people.com/french-pole-vaulter-did-not-lose-because-his-crotch-2024-olympics-8690008

No, a French Pole Vaulter Did Not Lose Out on an Olympic Medal Because of His Crotch

The internet blamed Anthony Ammirati's "bulge" for ending his Olympic dreams — but the vaulter knocked down the crossbar with another appendage

French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati won't be moving on to the men's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics — but contrary to speculation, it has nothing to do with his crotch.

Ammirati, 21, went viral on Saturday, Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts made it look like he failed to clear the bar because of his "bulge," which seemed to knock down the crossbar. The theory quickly picked up steam and spread like wildfire on social media and through headlines, but a closer look at the video shows that was not actually the case.

During the jump, Ammirati tries to clear the bar but first hits it with his shins and then his knees. It's already a failed jump, but to add injury (presumably) to insult, Ammirati knocks the bar off fully after he hits it with his crotch.

[–] astanix 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So he jostled it with other parts but knocked it off with his crotch... yet the article is trying to say he didn't. Even though the last line says that's what finished it.

That's some journalism there.

[–] jj4211 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't know the rules, was the jump already violated by his body otherwise hiring the bar, regardless of when it fell? If so the articles subject that he didn't lose due to his crotch would hold.

[–] astanix 4 points 4 months ago

"A successful pole vault is when the athlete clears the bar without dislodging it."