Viewers think there should have been ‘warning’ for athletes early into Olympics closing ceremony that took ‘multiple victims’

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Viewers think there should have been ‘warning’ for athletes early into Olympics closing ceremony that took ‘multiple victims’

Everyone has noticed the same thing about the Olympic closing ceremony

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Viewers think that athletes should have been warned about a certain feature of the Olympics closing ceremony.

Just over two weeks of prime level sports competition comes to a close today (11 August), with the celebratory event at the Stade de France in Paris.

The pitch has been covered with a carpet and viewers noticed one thing about it that could have been pointed out by officials beforehand.

Everyone on social media thought the same thing while watching the closing ceremony. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Everyone on social media thought the same thing while watching the closing ceremony. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

One user wrote on X: "Someone needs to put a health and safety warning on the carpet"

Another said: "Closing ceremony is going well three people have tripped at the same spot already"

A third commented: "Obsessed with everyone tripping over at the #closingceremony"

Someone else posted: "I've counted at least 3 people tripping up now at this closing ceremony.

A fifth wrote: "That one spot everyone keeps tripping over," with a laughing emoji.

One particularly worried fan added: "Excuse me how many are going to trip up on that carpet/mat lordy,

"The health and safety in me is having heart palpitations".

Luckily, nobody actually got hurt or injured, so it served as a bit of a gag for us viewers watching at home on the sofa with our feet up. Ah, the novelties of watching sports.

A few athletes seemed to trip over the same spot. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
A few athletes seemed to trip over the same spot. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

In terms of medal hauls, Team USA finished the games with by far and away the most, a total of 126 across their athletes, including 40 golds.

Team GB came seventh overall, though with 65 medals in total, the third most overall, only 14 of those were gold, while second placed China had 91 medals with 40 golds, the same as the US.

In third were Japan, with 45 medals and 20 golds, followed by 53 in total from Australia with 18 golds, and hosts France finished fifth out of the nations with 64 medals and 16 golds.

For a run-down of the full top ten, feel free to look here:

Top 10 performing Olympic nations

  1. USA - 126 medals (40 gold)
  2. China - 91 medals (40 gold)
  3. Japan - 45 medals (20 gold)
  4. Australia - 53 medals (18 gold)
  5. France - 64 medals (16 gold)
  6. Netherlands - 34 medals (15 gold)
  7. Great Britain - 65 medals (14 gold)
  8. South Korea - 32 medals (13 gold)
  9. Italy - 40 medals (12 gold)
  10. Germany - 33 medals (12 gold)
Featured Image Credit: Michael Reaves/Getty Images/BBC

Topics: Olympics, Sport

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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