Yep. You start watching and you think "Wow! These are amazing athletes!" By the 4th day you start yelling at the TV that they should have pointed their toes when doing that thing (while sitting on your couch). I agree with a long-ago post that there should be a regular person doing all events next to the athletes so we can see exactly how hard it is.

I've seen a LOT of this in memes in the past few years, but I have never known anyone who has ever done any of these gender reveal stunts.

OK, so this post is a joke. It is meant to be funny. But I have seen one person downvoted for stating that. So, let the downvotes begin! This post is making a JOKE (laugh now)!

From Wikipedia → An iron cross, also known as a crucifix or cross, is a gymnastics skill on the rings in which the body is suspended upright while the arms are extended laterally, forming the shape of the Christian cross. It is a move that requires significant shoulder and bicep tendon strength......https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_cross_(gymnastics)

And here I thought it was a tribute. Oh wait, was this guy serious? What a weasel. One of the reasons the Romans loved crucifixion was that the outstretched arms put enormous stress on the ribcage, made breathing excruciating so the suffering before folks died was even terrible. Clever, tho awful dudes, those Romans. That's also what makes this skill even more difficult and amazing. I applaud all those gymnasts.

I'm 67, the humour is still alive in me - Love a good joke

I like how he's "standing" on the Frame!

I am laughing too hard

I actually said to my husband, "I hope no one catches pneumonia and can't compete in the Olympics."

Ok, I admit it. Why is Snoop Dogg part of this? I mean, it's fun and all, but why him? Did they put a bunch of musicians into a hat and his name was pulled? Why not a child who dreams of the Olympics?

Its Ratatouilles family , coming out to spur remmy on 😆!!

My 13 year old sister goes "You know, the US team is just people from every country. But we can fund their training." And I feel like she just figured out the melting-pot part of US history.

And most of the dancers looked like they escaped from the orphanages from "Annie" and "Oliver".

We had sabotage, that the least we could do, sorry if we disapointed😁

Marmalade sandwich eating contest

Pants’ zippers broke.

I thought it was common knowledge that you can see the Eiffel Tower wherever you are in Paris? It doesn't matter which direction you're looking in, either.

YES

I also felt sorry for the artist, but also so sorry for the grand piano. What will happen to it? Will it survive? Did it like the rain? And.. I wonder how it feels to play on wet keys? They must be slippery.....

Classy. The Olympics should have a runway too. And the teams walk the catwalk and then we give medals to the best looking country.

The British. That's how bad things have gotten is that the food was so PC, the athletes were so desperate for real food that they turned to British chefs. True story.

I really hated that. Glad you won your revolution and all but a young woman who by no fault of her own was born royal and given in marriage to the French king had her head chopped off and over 200 years later is still being laughed at for a horrific end of life, do better.

Celine is incredible.

❤

I miss Stephon!

Gojira won the day. Even people who don't like Metal loved their performance. And most who mention opera singer Marina Viotti joining them never mention that she used to sing for a Heavy Metal band, Soulmaker. She's no outsider to the genre.

Because Ubisoft is French

Me: *stares longingly at the chips that are too far away to reach without sitting up*

LeLOL

Uh... ick? On the list of things I don't need to see at the French Olympics, blue scrotums (scrota? scroti? scropodes?) are near the bottom.

Judging by the Triathlon being in doubt due to the sewage in the Seine, the fish are probably dead unfortunately.

Hence why you had Gojira singing about Liberdad with beheaded Marie Antionettes

Exactly. Don't tell me anyone expected something sensible.

Perfect body control

I have no problem with this parm is life.

And a dinner here is never second best!

Upvote for croissant!

Hey every olympic I learn new sports rules!! And often at 3am

A surprise for sure, but a welcomed one.

As does every Olympics ever

Assassins creed is french !

Male gymnasts 🔥

Downvoted for the putz pix.

That's one of the top three moments of the Paris 2024 opening, that's what!