US athletes go viral with shocked reaction to gold winning pose from China's team on Olympic podium
A brilliantly timed photo has captured the US athletes hilarious reaction after noticing the pose the Chinese athletes were in after winning gold.
Thanks to technological advancement, we can pretty much capture everything on camera, for better or worse.
And when it comes to the Olympics, you would think the greatest emphasis would be on capturing the best athletic feats the world has seen.
Now, while we use all the hundreds of cameras in stadiums to capture that, we can also catch glimmers of equally brilliant moments (or hilarious slip-ups)
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A photo seemed to capture the moment Olympic diver Kassidy Cook looked over and saw how the Chinese diving gold medalists Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani were celebrating - and her reaction seems straight out of a cartoon.
Making their Olympic debut, 22-year-old Chang and 24-year-old Chen were able to beat out the US and British team in the women’s synchronized 3-metre springboard final last Saturday (July 27).
The duo scored 337.68 to beat US’ Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook (314.64) and Great Britain’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen (302.28) in bronze.
However, a quick snap after the teams were awarded their medals has been doing the rounds on social media.
The viral picture shows Cook's jaw pretty much dropping to the floor as Chen held her partner Chang in the bridal carry as they posed for a picture.
“That's the face of 'wait that's so cute, we should've done that too',” one social media user joked.
“The US team’s reaction is priceless! It’s always interesting to see how athletes from different countries respond to each other’s celebrations,” wrote another person.
“That is so wholesome omg and winning a gold medal tgther !?! Slayyy,” a third wrote.
“That reaction is like a mix of shock and 'Did we just get schooled?' Love the drama of sports!” joked another.
As brilliant as the reaction is, people on Twitter have claimed that the reason the Chinese athletes look so comfortable together is because they are actually a couple. However, neither athlete has publicly confirmed this.
Those claiming the duo are a couple have said their social media pages show multiple pictures of them intimately together.
But as this remains unconfirmed, fewer people have been bothered and simply praised the two for their achievement as well as the tight-knit relationship they have for one another, competing for their country.
Team USA's current medal count - 44
Gold medalists
- Lee Kiefer: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Torri Huske: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King: Swimming - Men's 4x100m freestyle
- Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera: Artistic Gymnastics - Women's team competition
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming - Women's 1500m freestyle
- Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan: Rowing - Men's coxless four
- Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Mei Weintraub - Fencing: Women's foil team
- Simone Biles: Artistic gymnastics
- Kate Douglass: Swimming - Women's 200m breaststroke
Silver medalists
- Nic Fink: Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke
- Lauren Scruggs: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Gretchen Walsh: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Haley Batten: Mountain Bike - Women's cross country
- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel: Swimming - Women's 4x100m freestyle
- Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook: Diving - Women's springboard 3m synchronised
- Katie Grimes: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Jagger Eaton: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Regan Smith: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
- Bobby Finke: Swimming - Men's 800m freestyle
- Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, Kieran Smith: Swimming - Men, 4x200m freestyle
- Perris Benegas: Cycling - Women's BMX freestyle
- Torri Huske: Swimming - Women's 100m freestyle
- Regan Smith: Swimming - Women's 200m butterfly
- Erin Gemell, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden, Simone Manuel, Anna Peplowski, Alex Shackell, Claire Weinstein: Swimming - Women's 4x200m freestyle
- Karl Cook, Laura Kraut, McLain Ward: Equestrian - Jumping team
- Sagen Maddalena: Shooting - Women, 50m rifle 3 positions
- Regan Smith: Swimming - Women's 200m backstroke
Bronze medalists
- Carson Foster: Swimming - Men's 400m individual medley
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle
- Chloe Dygert: Cycling - Women's individual time trial
- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda, Asher Hong: Artistic Gymnastics - Men's team competition
- Nick Itkin: Fencing - Men's foil individual
- Emma Weyant: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Ryan Murphy: Swimming - Men's 100m backstroke
- Luke Hobson: Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle
- Nyjah Huston: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper: Rugby 7s - Women's team competition
- Katharine Berkoff: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
- Evy Leibfarth: Canoe slalom - Women's Canoe Single
- Suni Lee: Artistic Gymnastics
- Casey Kaufhold, Brady Ellison: Archery - Mixed Team
- Grant Fisher: Athletics - Men's 10,000m
- Ian Barrows and Hans Henken: Sailing - Men's skiff
- Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Clark Dean, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton: Rowing - Men's eight
Topics: Olympics, Viral, Social Media
Gerrard Kaonga