It’s a tragic tale. A human-interest piece. One you’ve got to see.
Here’s the back-story: Romain Mesnil should have a pretty great life. He’s an amazing pole vaulter. He won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships. He has the kind of body should be immortalized in bronze. Really, it’s the sort of physique Salt N’ Peppa rapped about. He’s beautiful. And good things should happen for beautiful French pole vaulters with ungodly abs. But this pole vaulter lost his Nike funding (what with the financial crisis and all). Now with no money, he’s resorted to running the streets with his pole out to drum up publicity and possible sponsorship opportunities. The French press picked up his tale of destitution and the accompanying video and aired it on the nightly news.
That’s reportage if we’ve ever seen it. American media, take note, dammit.
Wait a minute . . . isn’t Michael Phelps down a deal or two since Reefergate 2008? Shouldn’t he take a naked jog? Why yes. We think he should.
Phelps: Just make sure you wear the gold medals if you’re gonna streak Manhattan. You’ll need something to trade for protection when New York’s finest throw your free-balling ass into city lock-up.
(huffingtonpost.com)
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