Olympic Pole Vaulter’s Bulge Knocks Bar in Golden Moment for the Internet French pole vaulter Anthony Amirati did not expect to reach new heights in his career in this manner.
Footage of French pole vaulter Anthony Amirati accidentally knocking the bar off with his crotch on Saturday is probably getting media coverage.
Amirati was trying to qualify for the finals of the Paris Olympics at the Stade de France, but instead, he won the internet. The video shows him first hitting the bar with his feet and then completely knocking it off with his package on the way down.
In this attempt, he lost the battle of the bulge and secured the 12th place, missing the finals.
Believe it or not, Amirati is not the first Olympian to do this. Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita also loosened the bar with his foot and private parts at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
He has complained that he is being mocked and ridiculed, although in the end, he has seen the humor in it.
“Looking back, it’s quite funny, if I say so myself. LOL,” Ogita wrote on social media.