French Pole Vaulter Bulge
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French Pole Vaulter Bulge refers to a viral image and video of French pole vaulter and Olympic athlete Anthony Ammirati in which he missed his target height and knocked down the pole with his crotch bulge during the 2024 Summer Paris Olympics. The moment quickly went viral on social media in early August 2024, sparking a series of jokes and memes about Ammirati's genital being the reason he lost the chance of getting an Olympic medal.
Origin
On August 3rd, 2024, the French pole vaulter athlete Anthony Ammirati knocked down the pole with his bulge during the 2024 Paris Olympics, losing the chance to compete for a medal and exiting the Olympics. Ammirati's unfortunate moment was shared by X[1] user @Glodyswotcher, who captioned the video with, "Anthony Ammirati failed the bar and the commentators are clearly having a hard time acknowledging what happened 😂 HELP I'M DYING." The post (seen below) amassed over 17 million views and 69,000 likes in a day.
Anthony Ammirati failed the bar and the commentators are clearly having a hard time acknowledging what happened 😂 HELP I'M DYING pic.twitter.com/5hOHttVA5g
— Gladys Wotching (@Glodyswotcher) August 3, 2024
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The internet was flooded with jokes about Ammirati’s crotch over the following days. For example, on August 4th, 2024, TikTok[2] user @ekb_yeahyouknowme posted a POV meme from the pole's perspective (seen below, left), which garnered more than 113,000 plays and 2,400 likes in a day.
On the same day, TikTok[3] user @matt.math posted a video explaining how Ammirati’s bulge hit the pole. The video (seen below, right) received over 688,000 plays and 52,000 likes in a day.
@ekb_yeahyouknowme Not all winners get medals 🥇 #olympics #parisolympics2024 #anthonyammirati #ouchy ♬ original sound – Studio EKB
@matt.math Anthony Ammirati pole vaulting and having his junk hit the bar is what made MY brat summer. Did it hurt?? He hasn't addressed it in any interviews, so I'm looking at the video. #greenscreen #olympics #polevault #sports #parisolympics2024 #mattmath #anthonyammirati #funny #france ♬ original sound – Matt Math
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@justliam_89 Did anyone else get the #memo from #tiktokuk about posts containing the #hashtag #parisolympics2024 – This is my contribution #bigchild #boing #viral #france #paris #france🇫🇷 #french #goldmedal #packing #polevault #fyp ♬ original sound – Liam ✌🏼
@tayloraustin.atl #Olympics #paris2024 ♬ original sound – I Green Screen Things
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