Olympics: Anthony Ammirati speaks out after viral bulge mishap
Anthony Ammirati has broken his silence after he was cock-blocked (quite literally) from winning at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The French athlete, who specialises in pole vaulting, failed to advance to the finals on Saturday (3 August) when he knocked down the crossbar with his… body part.
Subsequently, Ammirati became a viral sensation on social media – because of thirst, obviously – and his failure to secure a medal was met with countless memes. “His meat cost him the Gold but it will keep him paid after the Olympics,” one user wrote on X/Twitter, alluding to a potential career as an OnlyFans creator, while another tweeted: “Wow, even though he lost the game, in a way, he won his life.” Although Ammirati is yet to comment on his sudden viral fame and how his manhood prevented him from taking home a medal, he told the French Athletics Federation that it was a “big disappointment”. “I’m a bit gutted, because I didn’t miss anything on the third attempt at 5.70 m.
What I did miss was a bit of jumping in training to fine-tune the settings. Just a technical session,” he explained. He added: “I was 100 percent physically, but I was missing a bit of pole vault. “The conditions were good.
