'Chinese social media said, 'the Chinese girls were very kind as they know foreigners can’t squat.''
It happened between silver-medalists US Olympians Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook and China’s gold-winning Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen,There was an awkward moment at the Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard final with Team USA, Team China, and Team Great Britain on the podium.
After the six women found out they would be going home with a medal, they were reportedly asked to take a group photo where they would all stand on the designated podium.The British and Chinese athletes were standing at the back of the stand, so naturally, the only place left for Sarah and Kassidy was crouching at the front., a user shared a clip of the perplexing instance, describing: “Slight awkward moment there between China and US as to who should be in the middle of podium for photo.
“The audacity from women to push away the winners from podium as if they won the gold like damm the entitlement.”A handful of commenters alluded to the “Asian squat.
“Of course, squat toilets are not unique to Asia, and neither is the deep-squatting position. But so ubiquitous is the position in Asia and so invisible is it in the West that it’s been dubbed the ‘Asian squat,'” the outlet wrote.In other Olympic awkward blunders on the podium news, Team USA swimmer Torri Huske narrowly beat her teammate Gretchen Walsh for the gold medal in a nail-biting finish in the 100-meter Butterfly Race at the Paris Olympics on Sunday .
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