TikTok Users Showed Their #OlympicSpirit

The hashtag, created with the IOC, tallied more than 5.6 billion views during the Games

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TikTok said the #OlympicSpirit hashtag it rolled out in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee tallied more than 5.6 billion views during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games from Tokyo.

Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal totaled nearly 156 million views during the games, while Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz dead-lifted more than 141 million.

Other noteworthy athletes on TikTok during this year’s Olympics included U.S. rugby player Ilona Maher, U.S. rugby player Cody Melphy, British sprinter Laviai Nielsen and Mexican diver Rommel Pacheco.

The most popular Olympic sports on the platform during the 2020 Games were #football (soccer) at more than 30 billion views, #basketball at more than 3.6

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