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14 Thoughts All Non-Athletes Have When Watching The Olympics

Why did I drop gymnastics in junior high?

Sara Doan
Aug 17, 2016
University of Mississippi
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14 Thoughts All Non-Athletes Have When Watching The Olympics

With the Olympics in full swing I've been watching as much of it that I can. While watching it I started to ask myself why I wasn't an Olympic athlete, and why I quit gymnastics because that could #SO be me in Rio instead of Simone Biles right? Here are seven thoughts we all have when watching the Olympics

1. Wow how is doing that many flips without getting dizzy possible?

2. "That really could so of been me if I stuck with (insert sport here)"

3. Ends up getting mad at my mom for letting me drop that sport

4. The Women's Gymnastics Team literally slays

5. My child is gonna be an Olympic athlete

6. I'm still confused to why Ryan Lochte's hair is silver...? Dd you plan on winning a silver medal and matching it with your hair? You look like you should be in "Star Trek." Please go back to being natural.

7. Michael Phelps is actually a fish in a human body.

8. Literally some of these people are my age and in the Olympics and I can't even get through the whole day without napping.

9. Wow I should probably go workout after this....

10. Oh same

11. Man everyone's really pretty on Team USA. Like is it a requirement to be pretty to be on the team now?

12. Literally all the guys are so hot wtf

13. **Starts to get emotional when USA wins a gold because you have so much American pride and seeing the athletes cry when singing the National Anthem makes you v emotional

14. **Realizes Race Walking is an Olympic sport and my dreams an Olympian can still come true**

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