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For the second straight time, Rob Ford’s celebration of a Canadian gold medal in hockey has become an international viral sensation. While he impressed Toronto by going airborne when the women’s team made a miraculous comeback over the United States, his excitement over the men’s victory was a little less graceful and a lot more painful.

The National Post‘s Darren Calabrese caught the moment Ford ran groin-first into a fire hydrant while frolicking with revellers in Maple Leaf Square in Toronto. Ford caught Canada’s 3-0 win over Sweden in Real Sports bar and was mobbed when he joined the celebrations outside.

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The moment is the latest in a litany of Mayor Ford physical pratfalls which includes a face-first run-in with a television camera and a tumble on his backside while trying to throw a football.