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Inconvenient Penis Is A Huge Problem For Japanese Pole Vaulter Hiroki Ogita In Rio

OUCH!
Japan's Hiroki Ogita competes in the Men's Pole Vault Qualifying Round during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Japan's Hiroki Ogita competes in the Men's Pole Vault Qualifying Round during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

In an event called pole vaulting, something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.

Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita didn’t make it past the event’s qualifying round in Rio on Saturday after his leg and penis hit the bar ― leading to a moment that won’t be captured on a Wheaties box, but was immortalized as an animated GIF:

Ouch!

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