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Olympics 2024: Porn site has offer for pole vaulter whose penis got him disqualified (www.deccanherald.com)
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A day after pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati's stint at the Olympics Games 2024 was marred by an unexpected disqualification after his crotch knocked the height bar— the French athlete has been approached by an adult entertainment firm.

A letter was obtained by TMZ Sports from porn website CamSoda which claimed to offer a whopping $250,000 dollar to Ammirati for displaying his "manhood" on camera.

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While the French pole vaulter finished 12th and could not reach the finals at Paris, CamSoda VP Daryn Parker who finds an opportunity for Ammirati in this loss said, "If it was up to me, I’d award you for what everyone else saw, your talent below the...

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A similar misfortune had happened in 2016 Rio Games when a Japanese pole-vaulter Hiroki Ogita too lost his pole-vaulting competition. It was said that he committed a foul after his genitals shoved off the height bar, as it came down entirely.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As someone heading into retirement, after a long career in corporate and governmental stuff, my advice to the young man is to take the money. 250k will put a roof over his head for life, and the humiliation will be far less than the grinding, soul destroying, principle compromising reality of being a suit. If someone wants to pay you good money to look at your cock, they've got the problem, not you, take their money!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if he goes for it. I bet he can capitalise pretty well on his sudden fame if he's willing to lean into it. Surely being a prominent porn actor pays better than being a mediocre pole vaulter? Provided he can keep it up in this discipline, at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I get your point but I don't think getting to the Olympics is considered being mediocre.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Compared to us regular mortals? Definitely not. Compared to his peers? I don't think finishing 13th in a sport like pole vaulting will have him swimming in sponsorships and fame.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Compared to other pole vaulters all over the world. Yes, he won't be swimming in money, but he is still #34 world ranked. There's no definite number of all male pole vaulters in the world but even with a very rough 50k estimate he is not mediocre.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You are obviously objectively correct - I have just never encountered someone using that frame of reference when discussing sports. For example, there are literally millions of soccer players over the world, and by default the players throughout the English third division are some of the top 1%. These people can do things with a ball you and I can only dream of. Still, when discussing soccer, most people would call them mediocre.