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The best GIFs from the Olympics’ opening weekend

Watch U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman's family, Michael Phelps' post-race reaction, and Abby Wambach get punched. 

 

David Holmes

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Posted on Jul 30, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 1:42 pm CDT

From sucker-punches to Twitter controversies, the opening weekend of the London 2012 Olympic Games offered plenty of drama. And even if American television viewers couldn’t watch the events live, social media users enjoyed instant results, instant analysis, and, of course, instant GIFs.

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*First Published: Jul 30, 2012, 4:52 pm CDT

David Holmes

David Holmes is a technology and politics reporter. His work has appeared in Fast Company, the Guardian, the Daily Beast, and Stereogum. In 2011, he wrote the acclaimed "The Fracking Song (My Water's on Fire Tonight) based on ProPublica's investigation on hydraulic fractured gas drilling.

 

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