Michael Phelps won two more gold medals, bringing his total to 21, while Katie Ledecky picked up her second gold in the 200m freestyle. Twitter thrilled to these wins as well as the dominant victory by the "Final Five" US women's gymnastics team. Here are the 24 funniest reactions to Day 4!
1.
At this point, Michael Phelps has spent more time standing at the gold medal podium than I've spent standing anywhere.
— Jeff Wild (@jiffywild) August 10, 2016
2.
Yeah, but how fast can Michael Phelps swim while he's wearing all those medals?
— Shalyah Evans (@ShalyahEvans) August 10, 2016
3.
Instead of the standard stoner's beaded curtain, the doorway to Michael Phelps' bedroom features one made entirely of roped-together medals.
— Stephanie McMaster (@Smethanie) August 10, 2016
4.
Parents: Do not smoke weed!!!
— andy lassner (@andylassner) August 10, 2016
It will ruin your life!
Kids: But Michael Phelps
5.
Michael Phelps wins his 21st Olympic gold medal at age 31. Meanwhile I just farted while bending over to tie my shoes.
— david nuzzy nussbaum (@theNuzzy) August 10, 2016
6.
I doubt I'll catch up to Michael Phelps with the 21 gold medals, but if I keep at it, I may surpass his 2 DUIs.
— Kevin Biggins (@TheBiggIdea) August 10, 2016
7.
Cool pic of Michael Phelps diving into his Olympic medal bin. pic.twitter.com/G0z3UvTSlO
— Benjamin Siemon (@BenjaminJS) August 10, 2016
8.
"OH MY SWEET GOD BE CAREFUL. OH- OH MY DEAr LORD GOD. HOW? HOW??" -me watching gymnastics
— Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) August 10, 2016
9.
These damn Olympics have me crying my brains out like America got me pregnant & asked for my hand in marriage SAVE ME FROM MYSELF
— Stevie Ryan (@StevieRyan) August 10, 2016
10.
I saw Simone Biles wearing a rhinestoned American flag motif metallic lycra gymnastics leotard and flip flops so I bought a rh
— Marc Snetiker (@MarcSnetiker) August 10, 2016
11.
gymnastics' scoring system is great because it makes the electoral college seem like rock paper scisssors
— fka tween (@trillotto) August 10, 2016
12.
team usa gymnastics even the best in the world at sitting on the floor
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 10, 2016
13.
Gymnastics: where you have to flip yourself through the air impossibly, defying the laws of gravity and nature, and also do little dances
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) August 10, 2016
14.
the rest of the world should have to watch our gymnastics team and then compete for second the day after.
— neil mccauley (@the_blueprint) August 10, 2016
15.
Such a great photo "he's not human" is surely what he's thinking #Rio2016pic.twitter.com/Hncqn3702E
— Matt (@Mattys123) August 10, 2016
16.
Late night thoughts: Why do the men's beach volleyball players wear so much and women wear so little? #Rio2016#Speedos4Equality
— Natasha Rothwell (@natasharothwell) August 10, 2016
17.
me: this should not be physically possible
— your friend hancock (@hancxck) August 10, 2016
gymnastics announcers: that slight bobble just murdered a small village full of people
18.
Michael Phelps may be the Katie LEDECKY of short distance swimming
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) August 10, 2016
19.
I'm going to find 10+ ways to use "Ledecky" as a verb tomorrow
— I Will Block Ya Mama (@FeministaJones) August 10, 2016
20.
"He wasn't even le Clos to winning a medal." - draft folders#Rio2016
— Kim Holcomb (@kimholcomb) August 10, 2016
21.
Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky are actually brother and sister. Natalie Portman had them separated at birth to keep them safe.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 10, 2016
22.
As someone that has been emotionally invested in the career of Katie Ledecky for nearly two days, you can imagine how emotional I am now.
— Augustus Steranklozo (@davelozo) August 10, 2016
23.
When the US women's gymnastics team doesn't even give the rest of the world a chance to fight for gold... pic.twitter.com/Xe7L2f7WaX
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 9, 2016
24.
Trump:"We never win anymore"
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) August 10, 2016
Try telling that to Phelps, Ledecky, men's swim relay, women's gymnastics team: https://t.co/rhGGkjixG1