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2024 Olympics: Anthony Ammirati and Jules Bouyer React After Going Viral for NSFW Reasons
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Date:2025-04-18 12:01:54
Anthony Ammirati and Jules Bouyer aren’t too worried about those comments.
The French pole vaulter and diver shared their feelings about going viral at the 2024 Olympics after their respective manhood set the internet ablaze.
Anthony—whose crotch hit the crossbar after missing his target height—responded to Swedish track and field Olympian Armand Duplantis, who called him a viral sensation Aug. 4, by simply commenting four laughing emojis.
Although the 21-year-old—who landed in 15th place—was gutted by the defeat, fans reacted to the reason he didn’t medal. "He lost it," one user wrote in response to the post. "but tbh he won it." Another quipped, “Vive la baguette!”
Meanwhile, Jules—who finished fifth in the men's synchronized 3-metre springboard event Aug. 2—didn’t just make a splash with his dive. Photos and video of his manhood in a speedo after the competition went viral, with one user commenting, “Not gonna lie, I’m pulling for France now.”
And while he’d prefer fans focus on his performance and not his speedo, he’s not bothered by the remarks either. But he did emphasize how that’s not always the case for athletes.
"If some people find it amusing to look at my pants, that's their problem,” the 22-year-old told Reuters in an interview published Aug. 2. “It amused me. That said, we mustn't forget that it can take the athlete out of his bubble and that it can hurt.”
"That wasn't the case for me,” he added. “It was rather fun. I prefer people to look at my dives rather than my briefs, but there's nothing to worry about."
And the viral moment might be the beginning of some lucrative deals for the diver. Shinesty, a men’s intimates company known for its underwear that keeps everything in place, offered him a lifetime supply of its underwear and swim trunks, per TMZ.
“When we saw what Olympic diver Jules Bouyer was packing in his South of France, it didn’t matter that we were an American company,” a rep for the company told the outlet. “We wanted to give it a gold medal and protect that front truck of his for many Olympics to come.”
The company is also interested in collaborating with the Olympian on swimwear with a “reinforced crotch.”
Divers’ bathing suits are known to leave less to the imagination, but there is a reason behind the style.
"They have to be small because everything has to stay in place,” Tom Daley shared on The Graham Norton Show in 2016. “If you're spinning around, the last thing you want to do is have something come out of place. When you hit the water, you don't want things flapping about because it would hurt."
But Team USA Diving’s high-performance manager and education coordinator Leslie Hasselbach Adams shared that it’s also for looks.
"The latest trend that divers around the world are, I guess embracing, is the bottoms of their suits have gotten a lot smaller for the females," Leslie explained on Today July 28. "So it actually is a sport of aesthetics, and they judge the overall impression from your starting position all the way through ... when your toes go under the water, you're being judged from that point from an overall impression standpoint.”
Now, Keep reading for more incredible moments from the 2024 Olympics.
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Elmo's got a t-rex, a go fish card and a selfie with Olympians Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles.
France's Felix Lebrun was extra careful while serving during table tennis.
Team Germany's Leo Neugebauer landed hard during the long jump.
Olivier Perreau of France didn't exactly jump over the actual Eiffel Tower, but close enough.
The women of the 500m race were going so fast, you could barely see their legs moving.
BMX bikers head straight for the cameras during the semifinal race.
Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher of Team Great Britain were in perfect sync during the synchronized diving competition.
Canada's Wyatt Sanford took quite the punch from Uzbekistan's Ruslan Abdullaev.
LeBron James proved once again he knows his way towards a slum dunk.
Kim Yeji of Team Republic of Korea was busy prepping during the Women's 10m Air Pistol Final.
Egypt's Omar Assar leapt for the ball during an intense game of table tennis.
Cassandre Beaugrand of Team France was excited (and exhausted!) after winning gold in the women's individual triathlon.
Team Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Team USA's Simone Biles and Suni Lee posed for a selfie during the Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final medal ceremony.
Nigeria's Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah jumped for the ball during her match against France.
Men's foil windsurfing embraced the wind as they raced to the finish.
For Simone Biles, the limit to greatness does not exist.
Caroline Marks of Team USA surfed her way closer to a medal.
Suni Lee's balance beam routine was captured from a bird's eye view.
Gold medalist Jiayu Yang of China lapped compatriot Hong Liu.
France's Florent Manaudou had a cheeky greeting for the crowd.
French cyclist Anthony Jeanjean lost his shoe during a fall at the men's BMX freestyle park final. The Olympian went on to brush off his tumble and snagged the bronze medal with his second run.
Diving practice never looked so fun.
Team USA's Katie Ledecky was ecstatic after winning gold in the women's 1500m freestyle final.
Japan's Shinnosuke Oka held his nation's flag behind him as he celebrated earning the men's all-around individual gold medal.
Men's individual triathalon athletes dove into the newly cleansed Seine River.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson from Great Britain were perfectly in tune with each other.
Felix Dolci of Team Canada sent the crowd a heart after he redid his high bar performance following a fall due to a broken grip.
Cassandre Beaugrand of France crossed the finish line for the women's triathalon.
The U.S. women's rugby team celebrated the country's first ever medal in the sport with their bronze win.
Argentina's Jose Torres Gil went all in during his BMX freestyle performance.
Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics daily on NBC and Peacock until the summer games end with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.veryGood! (95521)
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