One can't forget Turkey's 51-year-old shooter, Yusuf Dikec, competed without protective gear, claiming silver in the 10m mixed air pistol event becoming a meme ... to biting her medal on the ...

3) Breaking Bad Dancing There’s an old meme that goes ... Since 1896, Olympians have made it a tradition of biting into their gold medals since it is a malleable metal and would leave a mark ...

Clearly unfamiliar with the tradition, Zhou brought the medal to her mouth — and thus, a wholesome meme was born. During the opening ceremony, basketball legend LeBron James stood at the bow of ...

Chinese divers Chen Yuxi (陈芋汐) and Quan Hongchan (全红婵) became especially meme-worthy on Chinese social media ... en bronze medalists Alice D’Amato and Manila Esposito biting their medals – a popular ...

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, German luger David Möller broke his tooth while biting into a silver medal he had just been awarded. “The photographers wanted a picture of me holding ...

So if athletes aren’t double-checking the metallurgic integrity of their hard-earned prize, why do they go through the effort of biting into their medals? Mostly, it’s for the sake of appearances.

Soon after, it spawned memes and even fan art celebrating the young athlete’s heartwarming moment. "OMG! Zhou Yaqin is the cutest human ever! The medal she was biting may have been silver but the ...

Some athletes bite hard enough to etch a mark, akin to fingerprints, making their medals uniquely their own. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, David Moeller, a member of Germany’s Olympic team, might ...

The youngster was seemingly unfamiliar with the tradition and proceeded to mimick their gestures by bringing her medal to her lips, without actually biting it. The whole interaction has sparked many ...

She's hanging out with Elmo, she's doing interviews, and one moment from the Olympics has become a perfect meme that very much deserves its own gold medal. It looks like she's chatting with ...

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