Not the injury, not the referees and not the opponents, his masculinity shattered his Olympic dreams. Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita's carrot cost him his performance in the pole vault final at the Rio 2016 Olympics! Watch the incredible bad luck that befell him in qualifying.
Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita he did not attract the attention of the public with his results, but rather with the considerable bad luck that befell him in the qualifications and cost him promotion to the finals of this discipline.
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On the last jump, who thought that he would manage to jump the set height with it, because his carrot, which Ogita apparently did not count on in his calculations. And rightly so masculinity ended up being the one who did finally broke the bar, and a good ranking floated on the water (in the end he took 21st place). What hurt more in the end, pride or masculinity, only the Japanese himself knows.
