Perfect Splits In The Air, Breaking World Records, Synchronized Diving, And 32 Other Images From The Paris Olympics That You've Gotta See
If you're anything like me, you've been watching the Olympics in total awe. The skill! The training and dedication required! It's all so impressive. So, here are 35 images of athletes doing things I could never do in a million years:
1.Starting off strong with Simone Biles of Team USA doing perfect splits in the air:
2.Lian Junjie and Yang Hao of Team China in perfect synchronization:
3.Risi Pouri-Lane of Team New Zealand scoring a try despite Asia Hogan-Rochester of Team Canada:
4.Daiki Hashimoto of Team Japan holding onto the bar with just one hand:
5.Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil flying through the air:
6.Viktória Győri-Lukács of Team Hungary high off the ground during handball:
7.Vahiné Fierro of Team France riding a wave:
8.Lim Si-hyeon of Team South Korea breaking the world record in the ranking round of women's individual archery:
9.LeBron James of Team USA dunking the ball:
10.Nada Hafez of Team Egypt (left) competing against Elizabeth Tartakovsky of Team United States (right) — while seven months pregnant!:
11.Katie Ledecky of Team USA with a wild lead during the 1,500-meter freestyle, when she broke her own Olympic record:
12.Dušan Mandić of Team Serbia taking a shot:
13.Joshua Cheptegei of Team Uganda setting a new world record in the 10,000-meter race:
14.Xiao Ruoteng of Team China on the parallel bars:
15.Rosalind Canter and horse Lordships Graffalo of Team Great Britain jumping:
16.Naomi Osaka of Team Japan hitting a backhand:
17.Sideris Tasiadis of Team Germany crossing the finish line in his canoe:
18.Jeffrey Whaley of Team Canada upside down:
19.Bryony Page of Team Great Britain flying through the air on the trampoline:
20.Selesitino Ravutaumada of Team Fiji scoring a try with a big grin on his face:
21.Léon Marchand of Team France flying like a ~butterfly~ through the pool:
22.Yuto Horigome of Team Japan doing whatever this cool trick is called:
23.Sha'Carri Richardson of Team USA (center) crossing the finish line first:
24.Luis Ramón Garrido of Team Mexico diving for a shot during a badminton match:
25.Noel Kendrick of Team Ireland in his kayak:
26.Frederick Richard of Team USA killing it on the rings:
27.Annette Duetz and Odile van Aanholt of Team Netherlands sailing during the skiff race:
28.Alice Volpi of Team Italy (left) competing against Lee Kiefer of Team USA (right):
29.Kazuma Kaya of Team Japan with just one hand on the pommel horse:
30.Natalya Diehm of Team Australia doing tricks in the air:
31.Whatever is happening here between Lasha Bekhauri of Team Georgia (on top) and Tristani Mosakhlishvili of Team Spain (on bottom):
32.Steve Onosai of Team Samoa passing the ball while Tobías Wade of Team Argentina tackles him:
33.Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan of Team China during the synchronized diving:
34.Alonso Correa of Team Peru riding this massive wave:
35.And finally, Suni Lee of Team USA, so flexible that her foot almost touches her head!: