Simone Biles Handstand Challenge
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Simone Biles Handstand Challenge refers to an athletic feat by Olympic gymnast Simone Biles in which she performed a handstand and used her feet to remove her sweatpants. Her videos inspired others to attempt the task, though many failed due to its difficulty.
Origin
On April 11th, 2020, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles[1] posted a video in which she performed a handstand then used her feet to remove her sweatpants, gaining over 34,000 retweets and 303,000 likes (shown below).
handstand challenge 🤷🏾♀️ pic.twitter.com/D11uhLoG37
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) April 11, 2020
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Her video inspired others to attempt the feat. Some were able to successfully pull off the challenge, including Twitter user @MakaylaSheahan,[2] who gained over 1,000 retweets and 16,000 likes (shown below, top) and the daughter of user @Boyd220,[3] who gained over 160 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below, bottom).
THIS WAS HARD OMG🤯 pic.twitter.com/p8WHk8evs6
— Makayla🦋✨⚡️ (@MakaylaSheahan) April 11, 2020
My daughter loves you and took your challenge.
Simone_Biles</a> <a href="https://t.co/SkVr7ztII0">pic.twitter.com/SkVr7ztII0</a></p>— Greg Boyd (boyd220) April 12, 2020
While some were able to pull off the challenge, many made self-deprecating jokes about their lack of athletic ability. Chrissy Teigen joked, "Simone I have to lay down and have someone else do it normally,"[4] gaining over 900 retweets and 30,000 likes (shown below, left). User @porscita[5] wrote, "Bih I can barely get them off the regular way," gaining over 200 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, right). The challenge and jokes were covered by The Daily Dot.[6]
Various Examples
Not as coordinated as simones, but a valiant effort for a washed up athlete, I must say😜 pic.twitter.com/UZ0LRbzgly
— Gabs (@gabrielleelaub) April 12, 2020
Thank you for continuing to inspire your biggest supporter & fellow gymnast, our daughter Marley. pic.twitter.com/uqxfe7UUZq
— JayProsper (@Jayjaypros) April 12, 2020
Challenge accepted ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4UUkwb4qg0
— Alex✨💛 (@Alexxandra_G) April 12, 2020
Come on, my kids made their 59 year old father do it here in New Zealand pic.twitter.com/hmGO5HbIyx
— Scott J. Koster (@ScottJKoster) April 12, 2020
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – Simone Biles
[2] Twitter – @makaylasheahan
[4] Twitter – @chrissyteigen
[6] Daily Dot – Olympic gymnast Simone Biles creates a ‘handstand challenge’ that almost nobody can do
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