Unfortunately I Was Not Selected for the Olympics meme examples.

Unfortunately I Was Not Selected for the Olympics

Part of a series on 2024 Summer Paris Olympics. [View Related Entries]

Updated Aug 09, 2024 at 06:09PM EDT by Zach.

Added Aug 09, 2024 at 03:23PM EDT by Philipp.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.

About

Unfortunately I Was Not Selected for the Olympics is a catchphrase used in a video trend in which users capture their fail sports videos that are captioned with an announcement that they did not manage to get drafted into their country's Olympic team. The trend achieved virality on TikTok during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Origin

On July 28th, 2024, TikTok[1] user @tiptoeininmy posted a video of her failed attempt on uneven bars, captioned "sad to report I was not selected for the 2024 Olympic team." The video (shown below) received over 15 million views and 2.2 million likes in two weeks.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7396854575107509535

Spread

The post was followed by other users posting similar videos of sports fails captioned with the announcements that they didn't make it on the Olympics team, with a bass-boosted version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" being used as the audio.

For example, on July 30th, 2024, TikTok[2] user @smellyshelby posted a diving fail video that gained over 10 million views and 1.4 million likes in 11 days (shown below, left). On July 31st, TikTok[3] user /@www.ihaveacrushonyou posted another meme that gained over 90 million views and 13.4 million likes in 10 days (shown below, right).

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7397533789028748587
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7397655682541030698

The trend gained further spread outside of TikTok through reposts. For example, on August 2nd, 2024, X[4] user @KevOnStage reposted @www.ihaveacrushonyou's video, with the post gaining over 33,000 reposts and 336,000 likes in one week (shown below).


Various Examples

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7397632111848770862
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7398154710454177066
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7399459217888775454
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7399446338674478378

Search Interest

External References

[1] TikTok – @tiptoeininmy

[2] TikTok – @smellyshelby

[3] TikTok – @www.ihaveacrushonyou

[4] X – @KevOnStage

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images

There are no images currently available.



+ Add a Comment

Comments (0)

There are no comments currently available.

Display Comments

Add a Comment


Howdy! You must login or signup first!