The Olympics of Tweets
Day 16: The Most Online Games Ever Have Not Disappointed
It’s the penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it has been a busy fortnight. You’re tired, we’re tired, the athletes are tired. Let’s ease into the closing weekend with a look back at some of the Game’s biggest winners… on the internet.
Here are the most memorable memeable Tweets from Paris.
And finally, a few favorites from the always incredible Art But Make It Sports on Twitter:
What To Watch Today
(All times Eastern. Full event replays available on-demand on Peacock)
There are 37 finals today, but none are bigger than those in Women’s Soccer (11am) and Men’s basketball (3:30pm). We bid farewell to too many sports to name, and Modern Pentathlon hands out it’s first medals - the last sport to due so.
🇺🇸 = Team USA competing 🥇= Gold Medal Event
3:00 am - Golf: Women's Round 4 🇺🇸 🥇
4:15 am - Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead, Boulder Final 🇺🇸
4:35 am - Water Polo: Women’s Bronze Medal Game, USA vs Netherlands 🇺🇸
5:30 am - Weightlifting: Men's 102kg 🇺🇸🥇
6:35 am - Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead, Lead Final 🇺🇸🥇
6:40 am - Canoe Sprint: Women's Kayak Single 500m, Men's Kayak Single 1000m, and Women's Canoe Single 200m Finals 🇺🇸🥇🥇🥇
7:00 am - Volleyball: Men’s Gold Medal Match, France vs Poland 🥇
8:00 am - Rhythmic Gymnastics: Group All-Around Final 🥇
9:00 am - Diving: Men's 10m Platform Final 🇺🇸🥇
9:00 am - Table Tennis: Women’s Team Gold Medal Match, China vs Japan 🥇
9:00 am - Handball: Women’s Gold Medal Game, Norway vs France 🥇
9:35 am - Water Polo: Women’s Gold Medal Game, Australia vs Spain 🥇
10:00 am - Breaking: B-boys qualis 🇺🇸
10:00 am - Weightlifting: Women's 71kg 🇺🇸🥇
11:00 am - Soccer: Women’s Gold Medal Match, USA vs Brazil 🇺🇸🥇
11:30 am - Modern Pentathlon: Men's Individual Final 🥇
11:59 am - Track Cycling: Men's Madison, Final 🥇
12:15 pm - Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 74kg, Men's Freestyle 125kg, and Women's Freestyle 62kg Medal Matches 🥇🥇🥇
1:30 pm - Athletics: ALL FINALS - Men's High Jump, Men's 800m, Women's Javelin Throw, Women's 100m Hurdles, Men's 5000m, Women's 1500m, Men's 4 x 400m Relay, and Women's 4 x 400m Relay Finals 🇺🇸🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
1:30 pm - Artistic Swimming: Duet Free Routine 🇺🇸🥇
2:00 pm - Breaking: B-boys Elimination and Medal Matches 🇺🇸🥇
2:30 pm - Weightlifting: Men's >102kg 🥇
3:19 pm - Taekwondo: Women’s >67kg and Men’s >80kg Gold Medal Contests 🥇🥇
3:30 pm - Boxing: Women’s 57kg and 75kg and Men’s 57kg and >92kg Finals 🥇🥇🥇🥇
3:30 pm - Basketball: Men’s Gold Medal Game, USA vs France 🇺🇸🥇
4:30 pm - Beach Volleyball: Men’s Gold Medal Match, Sweden vs Germany 🥇
In Other Olympic News…
Team USA’s Men’s 4 x 100m medal drought continues.
Pakistan earned its first ever individual Gold Medal.
That Afghani Breaker made a big statement in Paris.
America has a chance to do the funniest thing ever.
Photo of the Day
