Desi users are awarding people Olympic gold medals for weird non-sporting events in this latest meme

From politicians to actors, cricketers and even directors, desi users on Twitter started a new meme-fest by photoshopping an old photo of Michael Phelps when he set a record by winning eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

By: Trends Desk
New Delhi | Updated: September 12, 2018 09:35 PM IST

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What catches the attention of desi Twitter users is hard to gauge. If you thought it’s only new posters of movies and trailers of films, then you are wrong. Desi users often spend time to unearth old photos be it from a movie scene or any random pic and give it a hilarious twist. Latest meme dominating the Indian Twitterverse is where they are trolling personalities by photoshopping their faces onto a photo of a man adorned with many gold medals at Olympics.

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The original photo is of American swimmer Michael Phelps from 2008 Beijing Olympics when the star athlete bagged record-breaking eight gold medals. Twitterati have wittily and sarcastically interpreted it as winning gold if a certain non-sporting event was an Olympic game. Like “if best meme material was an Olympic sport” then it would surely be won by Anushka Sharma. Get the drill? Sample these below.

https://twitter.com/asli_thakur/status/1039501259370258432
https://twitter.com/ladywithflaws/status/1039555112170074113
https://twitter.com/_HimanshuG/status/1039541161298259968

https://twitter.com/DoctorrSays/status/1039526274106978304

https://twitter.com/abhinavverma199/status/1039774004540715008

https://twitter.com/sanket_daksha/status/1039492617392857089
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