The 21-year-old pole vaulter missed out on the chance to win an Olympic medal on Saturday, Aug. 3, after he missed his target height when his crotch got caught on the crossbar.
As seen in the now-viral video circulating on X (formerly Twitter), the bulge in Ammirati’s shorts stopped him from making it over the bar, and he fell to the ground in defeat instead.
The unexpected issue caused him to finish in 12th place, disqualifying him for the next round and squashing his chances of competing for a medal.
“bro won the wrong competition,” another X user quipped.
As fans were having a field day with the situation, some users online even imagined a new Olympic flag in honor of Ammirati, with the five rings switched into a different shape than usual.
While the situation is definitely unfortunate for Ammirati, fans still see “big things in his future,” and many have already taken to social media to make light of the athlete’s well-endowed situation.
“Anthony Ammirati might’ve lost the #Olympics competition but he already won the genetic lottery…” one user on X posted, while someone else joked, “I mean, is it even a loss? 👀.”
“that’s gotta be the wildest reason to lose an olympics,” another user wrote on Saturday, while others wondered why Ammirati didn’t have things more tightly packed.
