#TRENDING 7/30/24:More Fun, Viral Moments from the Past Day of the Olympics

10 More Fun, Viral Moments from the Past Day of the Olympics

 

Here's a rundown of some of the fun, viral moments from the past day of the Summer Olympics in Paris.

  

1. For starters, Simone Biles is still AMAZING. Simone's performance on the uneven bars is trending. And 16-year-old Hezly Rivera . . . the youngest member of Team USA . . . was pretty awesome herself.

  

 

 

 

 

2.  Snoop Dogg has been EVERYWHERE during the Summer Olympics. But you need to hear his commentary during a badminton match between the U.S. and China? "Gimme that, no I need that, no over here, no other there . . ."

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. This is pretty epic: After winning Olympic gold in the women's 100-meter fly, American Torri Huske invited her teammate Gretchen Walsh, who got silver, to stand on the top of the podium with her for the U.S. national anthem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. There was a weird moment during a team handball event, where a few fans were shown in the audience . . . dressed as the Mona Lisa?

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Who says grandparents aren't hip to skateboarding? There's video online of American skateboarder Paige Heyn checking in with her grandpa, virtually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Viewers noticed that Dutch artistic gymnast Casimir Schmidt has the Super Mario character Toad AND the Pokémon character Mew tattooed on his arm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. There's a new American ICON. Everyone is freaking out over this nerdy pommel horse guy named Steve . . . who came through in the clutch to deliver a bronze for U.S. Men's Gymnastics. That's their first medal in 16 YEARS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

His name is Stephen Nedoroscik, and you need to see his victorious routine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It wasn't just him:  Paul Juda slayed his vault . . . Brody Malone did his thing on the parallel bars . . . Frederick Richard demolished that high bar . . . and Asher Hong aced the rings. But Stephen has become the story.

 

Here's one of the best social media reactions: "Taking off your glasses to then perform a near-perfect routine on the pommel horse is so freaking metal."

 

 

8. Other men drew attention in another way. A French diver named Jules Bouyer is going viral . . . not just for his aquatic skills, but for the size of the bulge in his swim trunks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dutch swimmer Arno Kamminga is also getting some attention in his nether regions . . . but most of that is due to the odd, flesh-colored Dutch uniforms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.  Jason Kelce tried to show off his strength in Paris by challenging USA women's rugby star Nicole Heavirland to an arm-wrestling match. The face-off took place right after Team USA won their match against Brazil . . . and Nicole was still wearing her uniform.

 

Jason won . . . but in a comment online, his wife Kylie says he CHEATED by holding onto the table. Jason claims it was legal.

 

 

 

 

10. The new Google ad celebrating A.I. is going viral . . . in a bad way.

 

In the ad, a father describes his daughter's love for American Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. He asks Google's Gemini chatbot to generate a letter from his daughter to Sydney.  (Here's the ad.)

 

But critics say it seems so out of touch . . . because why would anyone want to replace a child's personal creativity and authentic expression with words written by a computer?

 

One comment online said, "The Google commercial where the dad has his daughter use A.I. to construct a note to her favorite athlete, rather than encourage her to write what she actually wants to tell her hero, takes a little chunk out of my soul every time I see it."

 

 

 

Originally posted on July 30th, 2024