From record-shattering performances to heartwarming moments of triumph, the Paris Olympics 2028 has left an indelible mark.
Because the Paris Olympics has come to an finish, the Indian Categorical brings you the untold tales of Video games’ most talked about athletes.
Yusuf Dikec
Turkish pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec has gone viral on social media for his seemingly informal angle whereas capturing his strategy to a silver medal on the 2024 Olympics.
Probably the most-shared pictures present Dikec capturing in a T-shirt with one hand in his pocket, a seemingly commonplace pair of glasses and an emotionless look on his face. He’s been likened to a daily man competing on the Olympics, or perhaps a hitman.
Stephen Nederoscik
Stephen Nederoscik’s deadpan response stole the present. A viral clip captures the American gymnastics crew erupting in jubilation, whereas Nederoscik sits calmly, unfazed, and bespectacled, offering a hilariously contrasting second of stoic serenity amidst chaotic celebration
Kim Yeji
South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji’s assured manner and dramatic stance have introduced reward on social media for her “major character vitality”.
Giorgia Villa
Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics due to a sprained ankle. On the Paris Video games, regardless of lingering again accidents, the 21-year-old gymnast made historical past.
Giorgia Villa was a part of Italy’s silver medal-winning ladies’s crew within the all-round occasion in gymnastics on the Paris Olympics. However she has gone viral for outdated pictures of her posing with wheels of cheese.
With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led U.S. crew’s gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Villa matched Italy’s greatest end in Olympic gymnastics, a feat the nation achieved in 1928.
Nevertheless it wasn’t that strong efficiency that made her a social media sensation. It’s her earlier function as an envoy for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese that has put her within the highlight.
Ilona Maher
Ilona Maher angled for a shot on actuality TV present “Love Island” after main the US to a heart-stopping late victory that gave the US its first-ever a medal, a bronze, in rugby sevens.
She used her social media platforms earlier than the Video games to advertise physique positivity and inclusivity, urging followers to have a good time athletes of all sizes and styles.
Vinesh Phogat
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s attraction for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from an Olympic ultimate for lacking weight.
Vinesh Phogat after successful her Girls’s Freestyle 50kg Spherical of 16 wrestling match towards Japan’s Yui Susaki on the 2024 Summer time Olympics, in Paris, France. (PTI Photograph/File)
Vinesh was disqualified after weighing in at 100 grams above the load restrict. As a substitute of turning into India’s first girl to compete in an Olympic ultimate, she was denied a medal. She appealed, requesting credit score for the three wins she earned after weighing in efficiently. The courtroom mentioned a decide in Paris held a listening to Friday in her case towards United World Wrestling and the Worldwide Olympic Committee.
Vinesh had additionally introduced her retirement. “My braveness is damaged, I don’t have any extra power now. Goodbye Wrestling, 2001-2024,” she wrote on X.
Claire Michel
Belgium’s Olympic committee withdred its crew from the combined relay triathlon on the Paris Olympics after considered one of its opponents who swam within the Seine River fell sick. Michel was considered one of a number of triathletes who obtained sick after swimming within the Seine.
Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles has topped the quickest man on the earth for successful the 100 meters, however after he completed third within the 200 — his first loss in his favorite occasion for the reason that Tokyo Olympics three years in the past — he later revealed he had examined optimistic for Covid-19.
Imane Khelif
Gold medalist Algeria’s Imane Khelif kisses her medal for the ladies’s 66 kg ultimate boxing match on the 2024 Summer time Olympics. (AP)
Imane Khelif endured intense scrutiny within the ring and on-line abuse from world wide over misconceptions about her womanhood and nonetheless received gold within the ladies’s welterweight division.
“I’m a lady like every other girl. I used to be born as a lady, I reside as a lady and I’m certified,” Khelif mentioned after her victory.
Anthony Ammirati
French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati discovered affords coming his manner — granted, from porn firm CamSoda — after he was eradicated from the Paris Olympics as a result of he couldn’t clear the bar. The explanation? It had gotten caught on his crotch and knocked down, leading to a Twelfth-place end.
Thomas Ceccon
Olympic gold medallist Thomas Ceccon was noticed sleeping in a park after complaining in regards to the residing circumstances within the Video games Village on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Italian had received gold medal within the males’s 100m backstroke occasion and slammed complained publicly in regards to the lodging within the Olympic Village.
Raygun
Raygun of Australia in motion. (Reuters)
Rachael Gunn, or “b-girl Raygun,” a 36-year-old professor from Sydney, Australia, rapidly achieved web fame, however not essentially for Olympic-level talent. Competing towards some b-girls half her age, she was swept out of the round-robin stage with out incomes a single level, and her unconventional strikes landed flat whereas failing to match the talent degree of her foes.