Canadian athletes’ posts on Olympic experiences gaining online attention

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Several Team Canada athletes competing at the Olympics are also gaining social media attention for posts about their Paris 2024 experiences. Here's a look at what's making waves online as the Games unfold.

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Several Team Canada athletes competing at the Olympics are also gaining social media attention for posts about their Paris 2024 experiences. Here’s a look at what’s making waves online as the Games unfold.

Oleksiak’s Olympic clothing haul

Canada’s most decorated Olympian Penny Oleksiak amassed more than 1.3 million views with a two-minute video posted on TikTok ahead of the Games on July 23. It shows her unboxing her Team Canada wardrobe from Lululemon from her room at the Olympic Village.

Canada's flag-bearers Maude Charron, right, and Andre de Grasse, left, pose for photos on a boat with their team before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics on the Seine River in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Cao Can
Canada's flag-bearers Maude Charron, right, and Andre de Grasse, left, pose for photos on a boat with their team before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics on the Seine River in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Cao Can

link: https://bit.ly/3WrHCSX

Team Canada’s women’s rugby sevens show off singing skills

The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team brought home the silver medal on Tuesday, but not before displaying their singing prowess online.

A one-minute video originally posted to TikTok by player Piper Logan on July 28 and reuploaded on July 29 to TikTok and Instagram by media outlets captured the team showing off their karaoke skills while on a bus en route to a match.

link: https://bit.ly/3YltDRg

https://bit.ly/3yc8JcK

Olympic skateboarders take to the streets of Paris

Canadian skateboarder Max Berger shot a video of himself and other Olympic skaters taking to the streets on their boards after the bus they were travelling on broke down.

The 30-second clip, posted by outlets including online skateboarding channel Berrics, shows his Canadian teammates and U.S. counterparts roll through the streets of Paris to the competition course.

link: https://bit.ly/3YsRNtc

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander taunts Greek player after Canada win

Canadian point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made an Instagram post July 29taunting Greek basketball player Thomas Walkup following Canada’s win against Greece.

The post includes a photo of Gilgeous-Alexander blocking Walkup from behind at the July 27 game.

“Square my shoulders and spot up. I don’t even pull up anymore I just Walkup,” Gilgeous-Alexander wrote in the post.

link: https://bit.ly/3A2Niet

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 31, 2024

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