Pole Vaulter Anthony Ammirati speaks out after own pole ruins Olympic dreams

French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati went viral over the weekend after his baguette knocked the pole off, and subsequently ruined his dreams of taking home an Olympic gold medal.

Now he’s spoken out, although decided not to specifically mention the incident itself: “It’s a big disappointment. I’m a bit gutted, because I didn’t miss anything on the third attempt at 5.70 m. What I did miss was a bit of jumping in training to fine-tune the settings.

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“Just a technical session… I was 100% physically, but I was missing a bit of pole vault. The conditions were good. It’s the first time I’ve started a competition without any stress. As I was a total outsider, I only had one goal: to

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