Although living in lockdown has been pretty disheartening for millions of Australians in recent weeks, the Tokyo Olympics provided a valuable escape for many of us.
It didn’t hurt either that medal haul from the Tokyo Games equaled the previous best, with 17 golds across a handful of different events.
To help us relive some of the best moments from Tokyo, Twitter has revealed the most mentioned sports, athletes, emojis and more.
Without further ado, here is Twitter’s best of Tokyo 2020.
Top Conversation Trends – Australia
Most mentioned athletes
- Peter Bol (@pbol800)
- Patrick Mills (@Patty_Mills)
- Jess Fox (@jessfoxcanoe)
- Cate Campbell (@catecamp)
- Emma McKeon (@emma_mckeon)
Most mentioned sports
- Basketball
- Track & field
- Soccer
- Gymnastics
- Swimming
Most Tweeted emoji
- 🥇
- 👏
- 😂
- 🥉
- 🔥
With @7Olympics and @Olympics official accounts proving to be two of the most important for Australians on Twitter, the social media platform also revealed the Tweets from these accounts that garnered the most attention.
Sure, Tom Daley’s knitting and the 4x100m women’s freestyle relay were pretty popular, but there was one moment that was hard to go past – swimming coach Dean Boxall losing it after Ariarne Titmus’s win.
https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1419487919665041408
