The Brazilian women’s artistic gymnastics team competed in the team final of the 2024 Olympic Games this Tuesday (30) and achieved an unprecedented feat by finishing in 3rd place and winning the bronze medal. The Brazilian team finished with 164,497 points in total, behind only the United States, which took gold, and Italy, with silver.
Led by the gymnast Rebecca Andrade who qualified for the four finals (individual all-around, vault, beam and floor), Lorrane Oliveira, Flavia Saraiva, Julia Soares and Jade Barbosa fought to bring the medal to the country. Meanwhile, cheering for the Brazilians, internet users flooded social media with reactions and memes about the competition.
Being one of the main competitors in the Olympics, the American Simone Biles is the focus of many memes. One of the jokes made by Brazilians about the gymnast happened after Flávia Saraiva fell, injuring herself during the warm-up for the final. According to some, it was her opponent who actually injured her.
The American’s reaction to a high score from Rebeca Andrade also had a strong impact on social media.
Other repercussions were made regarding the scores given by the judges. According to internet users, the Brazilians deserved higher scores, while other countries, such as China, deserved lower ones. Some even said that China is the new Japan, since the country was ahead of Brazil in previous competitions.
See memes and reactions about the women’s artistic gymnastics team final
Simone Biles’ reaction to Rebecca’s note pic.twitter.com/u3tGW0GaxI
— luscas (@luscas) July 30, 2024
People, Simone Biles punched Flavinha, it’s chaos here in France pic.twitter.com/HZqkBzmyc1
— luscas (@luscas) July 30, 2024
Simone Biles, we wish you all the best!! pic.twitter.com/5yARDMGhYZ
— thaina olympic comments 🇧🇷 (@asd_thaina) July 30, 2024
REBECA ANDRADE’S SCORE WAS HIGHER THAN SIMONE BILES’
REBECA ANDRADE: 14,533
SIMONE BILES: 14,400 pic.twitter.com/46GLgEpqUH— matheus (@whomath) July 30, 2024
Today I’ll just be this kitten drying Simone Biles pic.twitter.com/hVAXetzIGX
— joao jr (@joaojrsensei) July 30, 2024
*Chinese girl shits on the beam*
judges: how beautiful my love 14,500 pic.twitter.com/qXgMmE5DK8
— d (@danielvchgs) July 30, 2024
When the devil (Japan) doesn’t come, he sends the secretary (China). Leave Brazil alone, for the love of God!!!
— beautiful (@lewismengo) July 30, 2024
Brazil hasn’t been robbed so much since 1500.
— aline ramos (@_alineramos) July 30, 2024
Chinese woman trips, falls, hits her grandmother, kicks a dog: 15000
Brazilian 55th carp lollipop followed by pepsi twist: 12000— Bic Müller (@bicmuller) July 30, 2024
Attention, now the votes from the northeast are coming in (ground and jump)
— Rafael Kritski (@rkritski) July 30, 2024
— Flavio Costa (@flaviocostaf) July 30, 2024
I will tell my children that they were the avengers pic.twitter.com/nVO0ChO2qi
— trash heroine (@heroinadolixo) July 30, 2024
Source: CNN Brasil
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