The Rio Summer season 2016 Olympic Video games kicked-off final Friday, August fifth, and 1000’s of athletes have taken to social media to share their rankings and pleasure. Social media has change into a mainstream approach to browse the highlights posted by each the key broadcasting networks and the athletes themselves. And this yr, Snapchat garnered NBC to stream Olympic protection at no cost to make sure millennials get real-time protection of the Olympics reasonably than live-stream, later. However Snapchat received’t be the one approach to see who’s taking dwelling gold. Seize your cellphone and comply with these 10 Olympians to see all of the behind-the-scenes actions of the Rio Olympics!
1. Chad le Clos | Swimmer, South Africa
The 24-year-old swimmer from South Africa snatched gold from Michael Phelps within the 200-m butterfly at London 2012 and has had a heated rivalry with Michael Phelps ever since. Many web memes have been born out of the Clos vs Phelps rivalry within the 200m butterfly race, between “Michael Phelps face” and this viral picture of le Clos realizing Phelps was profitable.
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He hasn’t posted on social media since, so to see if this rivalry continues to warmth up, you may comply with Clos’s antics on Twitter, Instagram, or try the Chad le Clos Documentary on YouTube.
Phelps is the 2012 Olympic Champion and has determined that Rio would be the final race of his profession. With a non-public Snapchat account solely, you’ll should compensate for Phelps medal rely by becoming a member of his 1 million followers on Instagram. When you’re an extremely fan, be sure you obtain his Phelpsmoji once they’re accessible within the app retailer!
Because the reigning WNBA MVP, 26-year-old Donne will be part of the USA ladies’s crew this summer season in Rio. You may comply with Donne on Instagram as she goes for the gold, and he or she could even provide up some recommendations on Pokemon Go in Rio!
4. Usain Bolt | Observe and Subject, Jamaica
Bolt is named the world’s quickest human from his entrance on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bolt’s constructed up a exceptional following on Twitter and Instagram and introduced the discharge of his film, I Am Bolt to point out what goes into the six-time Olympic champion’s on daily basis preparation forward of the Rio Olympics. He additionally just lately joined Snapchat (“ugoboss1919”) so you may comply with his journey to the rostrum proper on Snapchat!
5. Laurie Hernandez | Gymnastics, USA
Candy 16 Hernandez will likely be representing the USA Girls’s Gymnastic Group on the Rio Olympics and sharing all of it on Snapchat! You may comply with her at “laurie7” to see the behind-the-scenes motion of the profitable “Ultimate 5” USA gymnastics crew. You too can comply with Hernandez on Instagram, the place she about her #squadgoals, or you might be higher off following her teammates to see the quirky Hernandez hair-flip fail.
6. Simone Biles | Gymnastics, USA
Biles is the 19-year-old teammate to Hernandez who will likely be competing for the gold medal on the 2016 video games! Not solely have her depraved ground routines gone viral on Fb, however Biles is the 3x World Champion for All Round Gymnastics and just about untouchable at these video games. You may double faucet to point out Biles assist on Instagram, and cheer on Group USA with Simojis as soon as they’re launched within the app retailer.
7. Cate + Bronte Campbell | Swimming, Australia
The Campbell sisters bought a style of the Olympics on the London Video games in 2012. Their objective for 2016 is to share the rostrum at Rio, although no sibling duo has ever completed it earlier than! The women are humble as they’re bold. Simply try their Instagram feeds @cate_campbell and @bronte_campbell.
8. Neymar | Soccer, Brazil
Neymar earned a repute as a Brazilian soccer prodigy at a really younger age when he received 4 consecutive Participant of the Yr awards at age 21. Now, the 24-year-old soccer star will likely be becoming a member of the Brazilian males’s crew at dwelling in Rio. With over 54 million Instagram followers, Neymar is massively in style on social media. He’s additionally tremendous energetic on Snapchat at “neymarjr”, and for those who comply with him you might catch him partying with Justin Bieber, together with some behind-the-scene snaps of the 2016 summer season video games!
World-renowned tennis stars and reigning Olympic champions Serena and Venus Williams have been shockingly knocked out of the ladies’s doubles within the opening spherical in Rio, adopted by Serena dropping within the people match. Whereas they might not be in competitors anymore, we extremely suggest following Serena’s upbeat Snapchat account at “SerenaUnmatched”. Hopefully she’s going to entertain us by means of social if she will’t on the court docket!
Serena additionally just lately launched a partnership with Nike within the Nike + Coaching Membership App and has taken to cross-promoting content material on Instagram and Snapchat to get her viewers extra concerned.
10. David Boudia | Diving, USA
Boudia is the defending champion within the 10-m platform dive on the London 2012 Olympic video games. Boudia hopes to take dwelling the gold at Rio and partnered with Attain Data to curate a Larger Than Gold Playlist on Spotify. You may comply with Boudia on Snapchat (@dboudia) or Instagram! Which superb athletes are we lacking? Tell us who you like to comply with within the feedback!
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