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The 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics has been long awaited, pushed back a year due to the Pandemic, everyone was waiting to see what 2021 had in store. It was long awaited, and exciting to finally see it take place. Like breaking free for the last year the whole world had, we all held our breath. And boy, has it been worth it!
Some of the most incredible, memorable moments happened this year. With the Tokyo Olympics showing the strength, resilience, and determination of humanity, as well as the compassion and support we are all capable of.
The 2021 Olympics held some stellar moments, things we will never forget. But like any other sport you can not only watch the Olympics you can bet on it too, to keep up to date with sporting events, Olympic or otherwise, get more from fanduel.
17-year-old Lydia Jacoby wins gold.
The first memorable moment that we will mention is when Lydia Jacoby won gold. She was the first American woman to win a gold medal in the swimming events in this Olympics. The 17-year-old high school student absolutely dominated the women’s 100-meter breaststroke. She managed to complete it in just 1 minute and 4.95 seconds.
When she did it, her hometown in Seward, Alaska went wild, footage showed her friends and family jumping for joy as Jacoby earned gold. She is in fact the first Alaskan to even make the U.S. swim team! Astounding!
The Olympic Village and the sustainable cardboard beds.
One thing we will certainly remember for years to come will be the footage shown by athletes as they arrived in Tokyo. They began posting ‘tours’ of the Olympic Village on social media. Some of them, including the Team USA skateboarder Nyjan Huston, and the USA track and field runner, showed off the seemingly unusual cardboard beds.
It seemed strange, but they are in fact made sustainably out of highly durable cardboard materials, and once the games ended would then be turned into recycled paper. Tokyo wanted to show the world that the Olympics can be more eco-friendly than we originally thought.
Tom Daley’s first gold medal.
We cannot forget this moment. Tom Daley, a British diver, made his Olympic debut in the 2008 Beijing games, back when he was only 14 years old. Now, in 2021, he is a father and a husband, and after trying so hard time and time again, finally he brought home the gold!
His husband, Dustin Lance Black, and his mom both watch together at home, and it’s hard for your heart to not melt at their ecstatic reaction when Daley brought home the gold. It’s true that dreams can come true after all.
The last Olympics for 46-year-old Oksana Chusovitina.
A testimony for the support and love people can have for one another was shown when Ukrainian gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, who has competed in 8 Olympic Games, and announced that at 46-years-old, Tokyo was her last.
She competed in the vault event and after competing, this legend received a heart-warming standing ovation from the stadium. They all honored the history-making gymnast for her decades of work in the sport.
This one last time for Oksana became a truly memorable moment.
Tatjana Schoenmaker wins gold and hugs fellow competitors.
Finally, the South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker looked astonished after she won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke. She actually broke a world record with her time. Not only did her teammate Kaylene Corbett embrace her, so did Team USA’s Lilly King and Annie Lazor. Despite the opposition of their teams, all four women had a group hug in the pool, celebrating Schoenmaker’s win and the incredible feat of her breaking a world record.
The Tokyo 2021 Olympics had been long awaited by us all, but who could’ve guessed they would bring so many absolutely astounding moments that would have us all cheering, laughing, and crying a little bit for the amazing feats of these extraordinary athletes. World records were broken, dreams came true for many, and the support shown by everyone from all teams was exactly what everyone needed.
We certainly can’t wait to see what happens in 2024.
