Team USA’sSunisa “Suni” Leeamused her fans after joining the hilarious “I didn’t make the cut” social media trend. Taking to herTikTokpage on Tuesday (August 6), the 21-year-old shared a clip of the moment she fell during her balance beam final on Monday (August 5), quickly becoming aviral internet sensation.
Suni wrote as a caption featured in herTikTok video, which amassed over 16.2 million views: “Unfortunately I was selected for the Olympics.”
HighlightsSuni Lee joined the viral ‘I didn’t make the cut’ trend, making fun of her fall during the balance beam final.Her TikTok video of the fall amassed over 16.2 million views, featuring a slow-motion replay with a remixed version of ‘The Star Spangled Banner.‘Despite her fall, Suni scored 13.100, placing sixth in the balance beam final.Suni’s TikTok video and humorous caption, ‘Unfortunately I was selected for the Olympics,’ became an internet sensation.
In the video, the gymnast included a replay of her falling in slow motion to a remixed version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
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Team USA’s Sunisa “Suni” Lee amused her fans after joining the hilarious “I didn’t make the cut” social media trend
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A TikTok user wrote: “I love this generation of athletes.”
“This TikTok deserves gold,” someone added.
A person shared: “It’s okay bestie the beam was in the way.”
Taking to her TikTok page on Tuesday (August 6), the 21-year-old shared a clip of the moment she fell
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“The British announcer was like ‘And she’s off….AND NOT VERY GRACEFULLY’ like ma’am come in,” a netizen argued.
A separate individual chimed in: “You’re so iconic for posting this hahahahahaha.”
The “I didn’t make the cut” trend on social media features athletes or individuals who used to practice a sport or discipline showcasing their humorous and often exaggerated fails at that activity.
Suni fell during her balance beam final on Monday (August 5), quickly becoming a viral internet sensation
Despite her fall off the balance beam, Suni earned a score of 13.100 and ended up in sixth place overall during the balance beam final,Peoplereported on Tuesday.
She toldPeople: “Every single time I get to the final, I can just never do the routine that I want to do, but that’s just the mental side of it.
“So, I just need to go and do the work and put all the effort in and maybe one day you’ll have it.”
“Unfortunately I was selected for the Olympics,” Suni humorously wrote
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Suni also added: “[I was] so tired and then I felt like I hadn’t done beam in a while just because I can’t keep track of my days while I’ve been here.”
“The pressure was definitely on today.”
The athlete was previously not sure if she would make it to theOlympicsafter she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2023.
Simone Biles also fell during her performance and earned a 13.100
The Minnesota native admitted: “I think everything just means so much more because I didn’t think that I would be here.
“And just knowing that I was able to overcome everything and never gave up was probably the most special moment, I guess for me, in winning all of those medals.”
The “I didn’t make the cut” trend on social media sees people showcasing their humorous and often exaggerated fails in sports
Simone Bilesalso fell during her performance and earned a 13.100, telling reporters in the aftermath of the event that the unusual silence in the arena affected her.
“Beam final is always the most stressful,” the most decoratedUSgymnast in Olympics history said. “But usually, we have like music or background noise, whatever that may be.”
Simone continued: “Honestly, we do better in environments when there’s noise going on because it feels most like practice.
“So today, you could hear some of the Android ringtones going off, the photo clickers, whatever that was.”
She called the final “odd” and described the environment as “weird and awkward.”
Italian gymnasts Alice D’Amato and Manila Esposito both made it on the podium — with Alice taking the gold and Manila with the bronze. Chinese gymnast Yaqin Zhou ended up with the silver.
Suni’s awkward blunder on the beam continued to spark amusement from fans
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