Olympian whose trunks left viewers in disbelief had incredible three word response to unexpected fame
The 2024 Olympics is set to come to a close this Sunday (11 August) and there have been a bunch of moments throughout which left left viewers in total disbelief.
One of which includes one Olympian’s three word response after his swimming trunks caused quite the stir online.
French diver, Jules Bouyer, made his Olympic final debut earlier this week in the Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard.
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The 22-year-old and his teammate, Alexis Jandard, 27, placed fifth in the competition with a score of 369.3, whilst Team GB duo Anthony Harding, 24, and Jack Laugher, 29, snatched bronze after clocking 438.15 points.
However, following Jules' Paris Games performance, social media has been flooded with images of the springboard diver sporting a pair of red, white and blue swimming trunks with many viewers across the globe taking it upon themselves to share their thoughts on his attire and physique.
Since then, Jules has spoken out about the attention he's been receiving from fans online after seemingly becoming an internet sensation overnight.
Speaking to Reuters earlier this month (2 August), Jules explained: "If some people find it amusing to look at my pants, that's their problem. It amused me."
The sportsman added: "That said, we mustn't forget that it can take the athlete out of his bubble and that it can hurt.
"That wasn't the case for me. It was rather fun. I prefer people to look at my dives rather than my briefs, but there's nothing to worry about."
Talking of Olympic swimming shorts, one Dutch swimmer's trunks also left viewers in total disbelief at the unfortunate optical illusion they produced.
It all started when 28-year-old Arno Kamminga graced the pool donning a pair of trunks, which saw the thigh portion perfectly match his skin colour before the 100m breaststroke final in Paris.
The shorts were mostly white with the orange and grey triangles dotted across them to form a spiral pattern.
Due to the colour choice of the shorts and the dotted pattern, it almost appears as if Kamminga was wearing some pretty tight speedos.
Kamminga's Dutch team-mate, Tessa Giele, could also be seen wearing the same pattern for her swimsuit as she lined up for the semi finals of the women's 100m butterfly.
Unfortunately for Kamminga, he was unable to secure a gold medal and finished in sixth place as Nicolo Martinenghi, Adam Peaty and Nic Fink topped the leaderboard.
He finished with a time of 59.32 with Fink and Peaty scoring 59.05 while Martinenghi was 0.02 seconds ahead of the pair.
Topics: Olympics, Sport, News, World News
Rhiannon Ingle