The Paralympics Games are still in full swing in Tokyo, and records have already been shattered all over. Here are a few of the athletes that made new world records after their mind-blowing performances at this year’s Paralympics. Paige Greco Despite being a relative newcomer to para track cycling Australian Paige Greco managed to prevail […]
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]]>The Paralympics Games are still in full swing in Tokyo, and records have already been shattered all over. Here are a few of the athletes that made new world records after their mind-blowing performances at this year’s Paralympics.
Paige Greco
Despite being a relative newcomer to para track cycling Australian Paige Greco managed to prevail ahead of Wang Xiaomei from China and German Denise Schlinder, and set a world record time of 2 minutes, 50.815 seconds. She won the gold in the C3 3000m event.
Guo Lingling
Chinese ace Guo Lingling set a new world record of 109kg during the women’s powerlifting event. The 32-year-old Oara Games gold medalist broke her own previous world record of 107kg on her third attempt, following it up with a new mark of 109kg in the fourth.
Dame Sarah Storey
British cyclist Dame Sarah Storey came into the Games with the intent of breaking her world record and she definitely achieved her target as she clocked in at 3 minutes and 27.057sec.
Valeriia Shabalina
Russian swimmer Valeriia Shabalina dominated in the women’s 100m butterfly event and broke her own world record after clocking in at an astonishing 1:03.59.
Mark Malyar
Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar won another gold medal and broke his own world record at the 400-meter freestyle race in the S7, days after winning gold in the men’s 200-meter individual medley in the SM7 category. He set a world record in that race too.
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During the last weeks of July and the first week of August 2021, all eyes were on the athletes representing their countries at the Tokyo Olympics. Several of them have taken to breaking records on social media too, with viral videos and thousands, if not millions of followers on Tiktok and Instagram. Here are some […]
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]]>During the last weeks of July and the first week of August 2021, all eyes were on the athletes representing their countries at the Tokyo Olympics. Several of them have taken to breaking records on social media too, with viral videos and thousands, if not millions of followers on Tiktok and Instagram. Here are some of the Olympians who went big on social media.
Margielyn Didal
The infectious positivity of the 22-year-old skateboarder from the Philippines gained her a following of 1.5 million on TikTok and 740k on Instagram. Her video dancing at the Olympic skateboarding venue reached a staggering 19.5 million views!
@margiedidal ♬ Star Song – Sally Sossa & Lil Durk
Courntey Hurley
A three-time Olympian, Hurley gave viewers a peek into life at the Olympic village and participated in the TikTok trend of showcasing the team’s problems. But her defining social media moment was when Hurley received 3.3 million views on a lip-syncing video with the caption “When you get everyone hyped to watch your Olympic match only to lose badly.”
@thishurleygurrl Tough day at the office ##tokyoolympics ##olympics ##teamusa ##olympicspirit ##olympicgames ##fyp ##foryoupage
♬ original sound – Lachlan Sutherland
Erik Shoji
Bronze medallist Erik Shoji has 1.1 million views on a video documenting arrival procedures at the Tokyo airport. He frequently participates in social media challenges and trends featuring his teammates.
@thelibero Arriving in Tokyo! ##usavolleyball ##olympics ##tokyo ##tokyo2020 ##tokyo2021
♬ Stuck in the Middle – Tai Verdes
Silvia Solymosyva
She may not be an Olympian yet, but 18-year-old Slovakian artistic swimmer Silvia Solymosyva gained a following of 1.2 million in TikTok. She posts dancing videos, duets with other users, and Q&As about synchronized swimming—all underwater!
@sisa_solymosyova don’t ask me to collect streaks
♬ original sound – Jacob Sutherland! I prefer DMs & voice messages ##snapchatstreaks ##underwatertiktok ##sisasolymosyova
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