Pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati catches cross on the bar during the Olympic Games
Pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati missed a chance to win an Olympic medal when his cross hit the crossbar.
Ammirati, 21, had his qualifying round on Saturday, August 3. When he tried to avoid the crossbar, Ammirati couldn’t quite get over it. His penis (through his shorts) got caught on the bar and he fell to the ground instead of going over it as intended.
After four attempts at the pole vault, Ammirati finished with a combined score of 5.60 and in 12th place, meaning he failed to qualify for the next round of the competition and the chance to compete for a medal. Sweden Armand DuplantisNorway Sondre Guttormsen and that of Greece Emmanouil Karalis tied for first place. Sam Kendricks, the participant from the United States, finished in seventh place. A second heat will take place before the final.
The men’s pole vault was Ammirati’s only event at the 2024 Olympics. He previously finished second at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and first at that year’s U20 World Athletics Championships.
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Ammirati has been training since childhood.
“I started pole vaulting when I was 12 because a girl from my club did it. I saw her jump and definitely wanted to try it,” he wrote via Instagram in May 2023.
Ammirati previously trained in Clermont-Ferrand from 2021 before joining the Envol Club last year. Envol was founded by Olympian Renaud Lavillenie.
“I was fortunate to have an excellent mentor, Gerard Vialette, who once told me: ‘Listen, Anthony, I have nothing more to teach you. You have to go to the best; there is no one better than Philippe d’Encausse,” Ammirati told France La Montagne February newspaper.
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“A childhood dream that comes true. Officially selected for my first Olympic Games in Paris ❤️” he wrote via Instagram last month before the opening ceremony. “What’s better than making them at home 🇫🇷. A big thank you to the entire team that accompanies me every day in my struggle! We did it 🤩.”
Two days before his qualifying heat, Ammirati was ready to take the field.
“Arrived safely at the Olympic village :). Hostilities begin on Saturday with the qualifying match at 10:10 am,” he wrote on Thursday, August 1. Instagram get it. “I can’t wait to jump with the encouragement of the French public.”
Professional Cheerleader Alexander Dissan said at the time: “Thank you for showing the world how HARD pole vaulting can be!”
