Anthony Ammirati knows you’re talking about him — he just wishes it was for another reason.
The French pole vaulter went viral on August 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear as if he knocked over the bar with his “bump”.
In reality, Ammirati failed to jump before his crotch hit the crossbar – hitting it first with his shins and then his knees.
Ammirati, 21, was cool about the situation and even had fun, posting a TikTok about it on August 5.
In the video, Ammirati looks off into the distance with a slightly stunned look while munching on a pizza in the dining room of the Olympic Village.
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Over the video, the former Olympian wrote in French, “POV: tu fais plus de buzz pour ton paquet que pour tes perfs,” which roughly translates to “POV: You create more buzz for your package than for your performances.”
He went on to joke in the caption, which translates to: “Actually I don’t know if I should take it well or not 😂.”
Ammirati ultimately did not qualify for the pole vault finals, as each athlete has three attempts at increasingly high jumps, starting at 5.40 meters, during the qualifications. Ammirati made the first two heights – at 5.40 and 5.60 – but failed in his attempts to reach the next height, 5.70 meters. Another nine men hit the mark and qualified for the final.
In a Google-translated statement to the French Athletics Federation, Ammirati said failure in the final was “a big disappointment”.
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“This is the first time I’ve started a competition without any stress,” Ammirati said. “Being a total outsider, I had only one goal: to play with the crowd. I was almost there.”
Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis ended up winning the men’s pole vault, setting a world record in the process.
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