For all the socializing that can't happen this year at the Olympic village because of COVID-19 restrictions, Olympic TikTok is giving everyone (those in Tokyo and those stuck at home) a socially distanced way to connect.
Hashtags like , and are filled with videos from Olympians chronically their experiences in Tokyo (cardboard beds play a starring role), as well as from fans shipping their national team and favorite athletes from the comfort of home.
Here are just a few of our favorite athletes to follow:
has been on . Starting with her , and carrying right on through to her during a pandemic (and of course her about how Team USA skateboarders manage to be so cool,) Maher is a joy that's for Olympic rugby.
Hot on Maher's heels is fellow rugbier and He's been chronicling his and the , as well as answering about the Games.
British sprinter has been since the team left the U.K., and running knowledge ever sense.
A shot-put superstar and South Carolinian, Raven Saunders is in Tokyo for her second Olympics and is and , at the athletes' dinning hall.
And of course, , 2016 Olympic gymnast for Team USA, who is missing this year's competition due to a knee injury but traveled to Tokyo to cover the games for NBC.
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