24 Unbelievable Facts About The 2024 Paris Olympics That I Genuinely Can't Stop Thinking About
1. The Great Britain skateboarding team is a bunch of teens and then a 50-year-old man.
Still find it hilarious that the Team GB skateboarding squad is just a bunch of children and a 50 year old man pic.twitter.com/oGmKdUgnkZ
— Charlie Reynolds (@cwjreynolds) August 6, 2024
2. The horses in dressage wear little caps.
THE HORSE HAS GOT A LITTLE CAP, I REPEAT, THE HORSE HAS GOT A LITTLE CAP pic.twitter.com/vNoF5ofgEB
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 2, 2024
3. The plane they use to fly horses is called Air Horse One.
EVERYBODY SHUT UP the plane they use to fly the horses from all over the world to the Olympics for the equestrian events is called AIR HORSE ONE
— cosmic cowgirl 🪩🤠 (@blockhim2024) July 31, 2024
4. Simone Biles can jump 8.4 corgis high.
That’s a lot of Corgis. Just saying… pic.twitter.com/3wVUZy6XrE
— Jenny 🇺🇸 (@JenJJams) July 31, 2024
5. There are whales at the surfing event.
OLYMPIC SURFING HAS WHALES NOW? pic.twitter.com/LmC5yF87xx
— Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) August 5, 2024
6. The US gymnastics team has a therapy dog.
Say hello to Beacon, the official therapy dog for the US gymnastics team. He's feeling mighty proud right now. pic.twitter.com/1A4cTpiR5I
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) August 4, 2024
7. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg really are friends.
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg at the #Olympics together. pic.twitter.com/nKwptKkFZZ
— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 3, 2024
8. Likewise, everyone, and I mean everyone, wants to hang with Snoop.
I'm betting that Snoop Dogg at the Olympics wasn't on anyone's bingo cards. pic.twitter.com/ZzkI5TgnGC
— Eric Foltz (@EricFoltz) July 28, 2024
9. He also has the best pin:
Coco Gauff's got the @SnoopDogg #Olympics pin 🤩#Paris2024 | #tennis pic.twitter.com/W6zRDFoeae
— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 29, 2024
10. The shooting events are quite fierce.
What the hell is this event pic.twitter.com/m8bZ13G5m1
— carina (@thxcarina) July 28, 2024
11. Yao Ming is the coach of the Chinese women's basketball team.
which one is he https://t.co/M8Eq2AlQkk
— Michael Taylor (@MichaelDanger19) July 29, 2024
12.There's a poster in those cardboard boxes.
13. There is an Italian Eminem on the Italian archery team.
Italian Eminem #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/aDYbk006LZ
— Today Years Old (@todayyearsoldig) July 29, 2024
14. Nerdy pommel horse guy, Steve, can solve a Rubik's cube in under 10 seconds.
To truly understand Stephen Nedoroscik's nerd credentials, you need to know that he is in Paris for the Olympics and posting to his insta story about solving a rubik's cube in under 10 seconds. pic.twitter.com/2vFygJBifW
— John Green (@sportswithjohn) July 29, 2024
15. Athletes have wildly different ways of unwinding in between events.
obsessed with how Yaroslava Mahuchikh climbs into a sleeping bag whilst Nicola Olyslagers immediately starts scribbling in her notebook after their high jump attempts, the duality of women pic.twitter.com/ps2QujZQxx
— robyn (@robynjournalist) August 4, 2024
16. The shooting targets are extremely tiny.
Olmypic shooting target size. pic.twitter.com/hzaiQbWWxq
— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 2, 2024
17. Likewise, the targets are extremely far away.
Anyone else’s mind blown when you realise how far away the Olympics archery target is?!😳#Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/SQmuwgUlVG
— James Withers (@JamesRWithers) July 31, 2024
18. Some of these height differences are extreme.
Japan is up on France 78 - 77 with two minutes left in the game.This is a real picture from the game. pic.twitter.com/OfG2fZNVJ6
— K A L E O (@CryptoKaleo) July 30, 2024
19. This man retrieves swimmer's caps when they fall off in the pool. His name is "Bob, the cap catcher."
If it wasnt 5am he goes viral pic.twitter.com/mGFqUq868i
— Scott Keenan 🚛⚾️🍔 (@ScottKeenan724) July 28, 2024
20.The youngest athlete in Paris is Haohao Zheng from China. She's 11-years-old and was born in 2012.
21. They apparently sell donuts at the venues, and Andy Murray went viral for casually eating one.
Who knew @andy_murray just like all of us at home eating donuts and watching the women’s gymnastics 😂 so relatable #Olympics pic.twitter.com/Lhiz44y3aC
— Alison Mastrangelo (@AlisonWSB) August 3, 2024
22.There are lifeguards at the swimming events.
23. This is what happens when you don't make it over the pole vault bar:
I'm no expert at pole vault but I don't think it's supposed to go like this #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/tZTpvTwkZG
— James 🏴🇦🇺 (@JamesK_1312) August 3, 2024
24. And lastly, Simone Biles calls hot dogs "glizzies."
Simone Biles, relatable glizzy-loving queen pic.twitter.com/ybDD3Cpdvp
— Olym-Bex (@BexMix_41) August 4, 2024
