Pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati seems conflicted on whether he's allowed to joke about his own pole ...

'cause the French athlete posted a TikTok joking about his viral member, then quickly deleted it. The overnight sensation shared a clip of himself eating in a dining common area ..

. a thousand-yard stare plastered on his face while chowing down on a pastry. In the vid, AA writes a French sentence that translates to, "POV: You make more buzz for your package than for your performances" .

.. so, clearly he knows his pole's getting more attention than the pole-vaulting final.

It seems Ammirati regretted his decision ...

deleting the TikTok soon after, though it's unclear why -- but, the internet's forever, and fans recorded the clip. Goodnight from the #Olympics pic.twitter.

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Anthony finished short of medaling at the Paris Olympics ...

even though he'd completely cleared the crossbar -- 'cause his massive bulge slapped the bar down ...

and his gold medal dreams with it. While a nightmare for any athlete ..

. there's a silver lining if Anthony wants to get into the adult film industry -- 'cause CamSoda's offering Ammirati $250K to unleash his vaulting pole to the world on their site. BTW .

.. Sweden's Armand Duplantis took gold in the pole vault event Monday -- but, we'd say Ammirati's package is getting the Olympics People's Choice Award.

Anyhoo ...

there's always 2028 for Anthony -- or, an OnlyFans/influencer career if he's willing to vault in the nude!!!.