Cat glued to television as gymnasts perform at Tokyo Olympics, tries to catch them. Watch

In a video that is now making rounds on the internet, a tabby cat was caught completely immersed onto the television as one of the gymnastics events was going on at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Since being shared on Twitter by @humorandanimals, the video has managed to garner over 8 million views.

The ongoing Tokyo Olympics has caught the attention of everyone around the world and a video of a cat curiously watching one of the sporting events on television shows even animals are not immune to the games.

In a video that is now making rounds on the internet, a tabby cat was caught completely immersed onto the television as one of the gymnastics events was going on at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The fifty-four-second video opens with the feline having its eyes fixed on a gymnast performing on a horizontal bar, in the artistic gymnast event.

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As another participant appears on screen, the cat tries to touch the gymnast performing on uneven bars, through the television screen.

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Since being shared on Twitter by @humorandanimals, the video has managed to garner over 8 million views. Take a look at some of the reactions here:

Awwww helping the gymnast 🤸♀️! pic.twitter.com/2t6WvPAsbL

— Barbara Donato (@BarbaraDonato17) July 28, 2021

Kitty is just trying to help…giving gymnasts a little nudge to help them spin all the way around the bars. And helping as a spotter for balance beam.
What a wonderful kitty. 😹😹

— Samantha Kingston 😷🇺🇸 (@SamanthaKings14) July 29, 2021

looked like the cat was trying to hold her on the balance beam so she wouldn’t fall

— Elizabeth🎠 (@andmybigfeet) July 28, 2021

I’m thinking Cats Watching the Olympics should be a new Olympic event! They will probably get move viewers!

— SleepsWithDogs (@SleepsWithDogs1) July 29, 2021

That’s a very sport Loving cat. A little distracting for others trying to watch though. LOL

— Liz Peart (@PeartLiz) July 29, 2021

Kitty’s spotting for them so they don’t get hurt.

— GerriN 🥃 (@GERRI53N) July 28, 2021

I would prefer to watch the Cat Olympics.

— Skull-Guy (@SSwantic) July 28, 2021

A helping push.

— Craig N. Williamson (@CraigyNdot) July 28, 2021

The two-paw action killed me 😂

— fahrenheit enjoyer (@Sourpower13) July 28, 2021

All those athletes look like little jumping mice to this cat 😂😂😉😇

— GerlindeFreeb&& (@GerlindeFree) July 28, 2021

Awww, she’s just giving them a helping paw. 😋

— Jeri Brown (@canladyj) July 28, 2021

He’s giving them a push 😭💖

— R-Freak (@rfreak_) July 29, 2021

OK. We need to watch gymnastics lol.
Clearly the Olympics is for the entire family

— Naomi Mutua 🐾❤️ (@AKenyanGirl) July 29, 2021

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