French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati’s pursuit of Olympic gold ended on Saturday, August 3 — but he’s blessed with quite the consolation prize.
The 21-year-old Olympian went viral after he failed to clear the pole by the narrowest of margins, with his bulge smacking on the crossbar and ultimately pulling it off the rack. His flubbed vault left him in 15th place, well out of the range to qualify for the pole vault…