Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas took gold in Monday’s 400-meter after she dove at the finish line. Yes, she dove.
It was an incredible, gutsy, unbelievable move, and it worked. The dive, which is legal, earned Miller the gold over Team USA’s Allyson Felix.
Out of sheer amazement, Twitter erupted.
Diving across the finish line feels like pic.twitter.com/JxthHbUr9yLolo Jones (@lolojones) August 16, 2016
“You mean I could’ve DOVE????” pic.twitter.com/lUJPDjfsjnMookie Betts (@Trap_Jesus) August 16, 2016
When you submit a paper on Turnitin at 11:59 pm pic.twitter.com/bz3uhbIMPnParm (@KingFavre) August 16, 2016
yuk yuk yuk you wily internet comedians!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/W8KLwc9pnwClaire McNear (@claire_mcnear) August 16, 2016
As far as I’m concerned, it should be mandatory to dive past the finish line… #Rio2016Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) August 16, 2016
Harder to time the dive perfectly than to run through tape with good leanhttps://t.co/dNRhks3wdIPhilip Hersh (@olyphil) August 16, 2016
Trying to meet a deadline like pic.twitter.com/YvKD0PXqkSCharlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) August 16, 2016
This ending to the 400 meter final…just, wow. pic.twitter.com/ghwBlzAhhMRyan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) August 16, 2016
Me when the sample pizza bagels come out of the toaster oven at Costco pic.twitter.com/cYFtyhQmmPjay caspian kang (@jaycaspiankang) August 16, 2016
Miller/Felix was the best desperate foot race since this classic pic.twitter.com/Dngd51n6mGJay Busbee (@jaybusbee) August 16, 2016
Me in the Olympics pic.twitter.com/6u1wDPTinBBRIANA. (@briasoboojie) August 16, 2016
That dive thoGenie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) August 16, 2016
Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) August 16, 2016
shortie really did the jay z pool dive to rob allyson felix thoDesus Nice (@desusnice) August 16, 2016
Sliding into their DMs like pic.twitter.com/R8ZTfAqe11ᴏsᴄᴀʀ ɢᴀᴍʙʟᴇ (@OscarGambler) August 16, 2016
Just Wow…….. pic.twitter.com/MGqjQrwp3YLizzLocker (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) August 16, 2016