{"id":2322823,"date":"2024-08-11T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-videos-of-athletes-who-didnt-make-the-olympic-team-go-viral-with-hilarious-results\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T19:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:33:18","slug":"watch-videos-of-athletes-who-didnt-make-the-olympic-team-go-viral-with-hilarious-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-videos-of-athletes-who-didnt-make-the-olympic-team-go-viral-with-hilarious-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Videos of Athletes Who &#8216;Didn&#8217;t Make the Olympic Team&#8217; Go Viral with Hilarious Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-videos-of-athletes-who-didnt-make-the-olympic-team-go-viral-with-hilarious-results%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses \u200bthe recent Olympic Games,\u200b which concluded with a notably controversial closing ceremony characterized \u200dby criticism regarding social issues. The Games faced\u200d ridicule \u200dfor various reasons, such as\u2064 an \u2064unconventional opening\u200d ceremony, \u200ba contentious boxing \u2062incident, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-the-socialist-who-owns-a-tesla-gets-roasted-on-social-media-for-not-helping-grandma-in-puerto-rico\/\" title=\"Ocasio-Cortez \u2014 The Socialist Who Owns A Tesla \u2014 Gets Roasted On Social Media For Not Helping Grandma In Puerto Rico\">poor living conditions<\/a> for athletes, and environmental concerns like polluted venues. Despite these challenges,\u200d a positive social\u2063 media trend emerged\u200c during the Games, where individuals shared humorous videos behind the hashtag\u200b \u201cI did not make the Olympic team.\u201d The \u200btrend involved ordinary \u200bpeople posting\u200b videos of their own athletic mishaps in sports featured in \u2063the Olympics, \u200bemphasizing the\u2062 high level\u200d of skill possessed by Olympic athletes. Some\u2062 actual\u2063 athletes even participated in this fun initiative, highlighting how the trend contributed to a sense \u2064of unity \u200bamong participants and spectators in a time when the world often feels divided.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>And just like that, Sunday&rsquo;s Olympic Closing Ceremony ended the most woke and ridiculed Olympic Games, perhaps ever.<\/p>\n<p>But between a blasphemous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/exposed-minds-really-behind-paris-olympics-trans-last-supper-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opening Ceremony<\/a>, a highly debated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/explainer-world-actually-happening-olympics-womens-boxing-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxing controversy<\/a>, less-than-ideal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gold-medalist-found-sleeping-park-raging-olympic-village-conditions-food-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">athlete living conditions<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympic-event-cancelled-world-aquatics-discovers-exactly-seine-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polluted river<\/a>, and more, there were still moments that brought the world together.<\/p>\n<p>They just didn&rsquo;t all happen at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-olympic-athletes-around-world-unite-praise-jesus-special-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> has been overrun with one trend that is uniting people from around the world: I did not make the Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>To those who don&rsquo;t know, this trend involves people uploading videos of their fails in sports that Olympic athletes compete &mdash; and excel &mdash; in.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>From gymnastics to track to diving, videos swiftly began circulating of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-no-friends-of-freedom-the-american-spectator-usa-news-and-politicsthe-american-spectator-usa-news-and-politics\/\" title=\"Democrats Are No Friends of Freedom\">ordinary people<\/a> doing not-so-extraordinary things.<\/p>\n<p>One X thread compiled some of the more popular videos:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">2\/10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q9dqsRpWro\">pic.twitter.com\/Q9dqsRpWro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kev&iacute;n (@KevOnStage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevOnStage\/status\/1819532564656541898?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This &lsquo;unfortunately I did not make the 2024 Olympic team&rsquo; trend has my CRYING,&rdquo; the user wrote at the start of the thread, with a video (which had over 19 million views) of a less than spectacular dive into a swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>What followed was a series of gymnastics, diving, and track videos that serve to highlight how skilled Olympic athletes truly are.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">4\/10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LijcTNFhSZ\">pic.twitter.com\/LijcTNFhSZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kev&iacute;n (@KevOnStage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevOnStage\/status\/1819532671481262319?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">6\/10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRe9zHTIL4\">pic.twitter.com\/GRe9zHTIL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kev&iacute;n (@KevOnStage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevOnStage\/status\/1819532779388129686?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">8\/10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsakY2k9rV\">pic.twitter.com\/tsakY2k9rV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kev&iacute;n (@KevOnStage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevOnStage\/status\/1819532894261694546?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">9\/10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4dQsoLTwpC\">pic.twitter.com\/4dQsoLTwpC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kev&iacute;n (@KevOnStage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevOnStage\/status\/1819532949454573830?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even actual Olympic athletes got in on the trend. Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson of the USA women&rsquo;s water polo team helped make one video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sad to announce I did not make the Olympic water polo team. Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson are going to crush for Team USA tho &#128170;&#127998; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XNbEPKVYKJ\">pic.twitter.com\/XNbEPKVYKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Evans (@iamscottevans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamscottevans\/status\/1821247722055463354?\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And the mascot of the NBA&rsquo;s Toronto Raptors displayed less than stellar skills while attempting to do a routine on the balance beam and dunk a basketball.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unfortunately I did not make the 2024 Olympic Team!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeTheNorth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeTheNorth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors?\">@Raptors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RaptorRewind?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RaptorRewind<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/URYsS4Yd5B\">pic.twitter.com\/URYsS4Yd5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Raptor (@the_raptor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_raptor\/status\/1819819557118177396?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Users around the world d, liked, and came together, which is something beautiful to see in a world that is less than united.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Despite a controversial Opening Ceremony, a contentious boxing issue, subpar living conditions for athletes, a polluted river, and other challenges, there were still instances that fostered global unity\u2014though not all occurred during the Games themselves. Over the past two weeks, social media has been dominated by a trend that is connecting people worldwide: &#8220;I did not make the Olympic team.&#8221; For those unfamiliar with it, this trend features individuals sharing videos of their own sports mishaps in events where Olympic athletes typically excel.<\/p>\n<p>From gymnastics to track and diving, clips of everyday people showcasing their less-than-stellar performances quickly spread online. One user compiled some popular examples on X: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u2018unfortunately I did not make the 2024 Olympic team\u2019 trend has me CRYING,\u201d they wrote at the beginning of their thread alongside a video (which garnered over 19 million views) showing an unimpressive dive into a pool. The thread continued with various gymnastics, diving, and track videos that emphasize just how talented Olympic athletes truly are.<\/p>\n<p>Even actual Olympians joined in on this trend. Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson from Team USA&#8217;s women&#8217;s water polo squad participated in one video together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSad to announce I did not make the Olympic water polo team. But Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson are going to crush it for Team USA tho \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8,\u201d tweeted Scott Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, The Raptor\u2014the mascot for NBA&#8217;s Toronto Raptors\u2014showcased his lackluster skills while attempting balance beam routines and dunking basketballs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately I did not make the 2024 Olympic Team!! #WeTheNorth @Raptors #RaptorRewind,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Users from around the globe engaged with these posts through likes and comments\u2014a heartwarming sight in an often divided world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lol-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4690,23272,37844,37845],"class_list":["post-2322823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-athletes","tag-humor","tag-olympic-team","tag-viral-videos"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lol-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}