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    Another Olympics optical illusion goes viral — this time involving Tang Qianting’s swimsuit

    By Chris Nesi,

    2024-07-31

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    A bizarre trick of the eye creating the illusion of an impossibly tiny waist on a Paris Olympics swimmer went viral, the second moment of the games that made viewers at home do a double-take.

    A video posted to TikTok by user adamclayton shows Chinese swimmer Tang Qianting lining up at the starting blocks ahead of the women’s 100-meter breaststroke event.

    As she stands at the edge of the pool, the sides of her two-toned blue-and-teal Speedo bathing suit happened to perfectly blend in with the wall behind her, inadvertently making it appear as though her waist was only a few inches wide.

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    The color of Chinese swimmer Tang Qianting’s bathing suit created an illusion that her waist was only a few inches wide, delighting social media users. adamclayton_/TikTok

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    The video of Qianting went viral, garnering nearly 6 million views across TikTok and Twitter. Getty Images

    The video, captioned “She’s SNATCHED,” was viewed more than 5.5 million times on TikTok and another 4 million on X, with many commenters cracking jokes at the uncanny visual.

    “Paris Ozempics 2024,” one user chimed in, referencing the famous diabetes medication turned viral weight-loss drug.

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    “When I have salad instead of my well deserved 3 servings of pasta,” another joked.

    “I’m gonna need a link for that bathing suit,” said a third commenter.

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    The video was the second unusual video to come out of the Paris games in as many days.

    On Tuesday, a one-in-a-million photo of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina in which the medal-hopeful and his surfboard appear to be hovering several feet above the ocean spread like wildfire.

    @adamclayton_

    You better cinch that waist #olympics #parisolympics2024 #gay #lgbt #dragrace

    ♬ original sound – Adam Clayton

    Oakley instantly declared the snap , “one of the greatest Olympic shots!”

    Tang finished the event in second place.

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