French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati, whose Olympics dreams were ultimately crushed when his crotch dislodged the bar of the pole vault during the Paris 2024 qualifiers, has reportedly been offered $250,000 to join an adult site.
According to TMZ Sports , porn site CamSoda has extended an offer to pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati after his genitals clipped the bar during an Olympics qualifying round on 3 August.
The collision caused the bar to fall to the mat, leaving the Frenchman in 15th place, and causing onlookers to urge the sports star to "call a drag queen" before his next vault so that he can be taught to "tuck". The process, typically used by drag queens and trans folk , aims to flatten one’s genitals in order to create smooth lines in clothing and affirm one’s gender.
The outlet reported that the vice president of the company Daryn Parker said: "If it was up to me, I’d award you for what everyone else saw, your talent below the belt.
Parker continued: "As a lover of crotch-centric activities, I'd love to offer you up to $250,000 in exchange for a 60-minute webcam show, in which you show off your goods, minus the crossbar, of course."
PinkNews has contacted a representative of Ammirati for a comment on the matter.
Ammirati has previously spoken to the French Athletics Federation about the mishap but didn’t draw any further attention to his nether regions.
"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."
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