As the Frenchman prepared to relinquish his pole, his own manhood grazed the bar with enough force to send it crashing to the floor, thus ending his hopes of a medal.

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    3 months ago

    So he jostled it with other parts but knocked it off with his crotch… yet the article is trying to say he didn’t. Even though the last line says that’s what finished it.

    That’s some journalism there.

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      3 months ago

      Didn’t know the rules, was the jump already violated by his body otherwise hiring the bar, regardless of when it fell? If so the articles subject that he didn’t lose due to his crotch would hold.

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        3 months ago

        “A successful pole vault is when the athlete clears the bar without dislodging it.”