French athlete Anthony Ammirati, whose Olympic dreams were crushed when his bulge dislodged the bar of the pole vault during the Paris 2024 qualifiers, has been advised to "call a drag queen" to help.
As reasons go for missing out on possible Olympic glory, having a penis so large that it knocks the pole-vault bar off its perch deserves a gold medal of its own.
That's exactly what happened to Ammirati, whose hopes of getting his hands on a medal were dashed when his manhood clipped the bar during a qualifying round on Saturday (3 August).
The collision caused the bar to fall to the mat, leaving the Frenchman in 15th place - though probably with an inflated ego.
While X has been awash with (pretty horny) reactions, one coach has offered Ammirati some serious advice for his next pole vault.
Tennis legend Serena Williams ' former coach Rennae Stubbs has advised that Ammirati "calls a drag queen" before his next vault, so he can be taught how to ' tuck ': the process of flattening one's genitals that drag queens typically do to present a female illusion.
"Seriously!!! When your sport is all about getting your body over a bar and it’s a matter of millimeters! My man! Call a drag queen!" Stubbs wrote. "She’ll teach u how to tuck it! This is [unbelievable]!"
Ammirati has spoken to the French Athletics Federation about his, erm, cock-up.
"It’s a big disappointment," he said. "I’m a bit gutted because I didn’t miss anything on the third attempt at 5.70m. What I did miss was a bit of jumping in training to fine-tune the settings. Just a technical session.
"I was 100 per cent physically [ready]. The conditions were good. It’s the first time I’ve started a competition without any stress. As a total outsider, I only had one goal: to play with the public. I was almost there.”
While he might not have a medal to his name, he certainly won a lot of Gay Twitter's attention.
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