One Twitter user said: “She knows what she’s doing,” while a second added: “That replay in slo-mo took me out she’s so funny for this.”
A third commented: “That was her moment and she seized it.”
“Congrats, my fellow Canadian!” a fourth wrote.
A fifth said: “The vibes at the olympics have been really elite this year.”
Although, one user noted: “Why does she have to ruin the moment.”
However, another user responded: “These comments are miserable, let someone who’s worked hard for four years have fun. Y’all sitting on the couch getting closer to type two diabetes every day.”
Newman also reflected on her win, telling CBC she was ‘so excited’ and ‘laug[ed]’ when she got third place.
Alysha Newman twerking at the Olympics in Paris today after the Canadian jumps 4.85 m pic.twitter.com/9kCghDQtWw
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“I laugh because getting third is, I mean I’ve never got third, but it’s funny because you have to still wait and sit there and wait until the other girls are done,” she continued.
“So I’m so awkwardly standing there like, ‘What do I do? Do I celebrate? Do I kiss everyone? Do I cry?'”
Newman resolved: “It was a really surreal moment and it was awesome.
“I just feel like I’m very emotionally stable right now and just feel so honoured to be the first [women’s] pole vaulter to bring home an Olympic medal for Canada.”
