The Most Heartwarming Olympic Moments

Here are some of these most heartwarming Olympic stories from Tokyo. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. 

"The team’s outfits looked similar to the others in the room as the arena lights gleamed off crystals crisscrossing their chests and down their crimson and white sleeves.

But the German gymnastics team’s new Olympic suits didn’t stop at their hips.

For decades, female gymnasts have worn bikini-cut leotards. In qualifying on Sunday, however, the German team instead wore unitards that stretched to their ankles, intending to push back against sexualization of women in gymnastics.

The Tokyo Olympics are the first Summer Games since Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics national team doctor, was sent to prison for 176 years for sexually abusing hundreds of gymnasts, including some of the sport’s greatest stars. At his sentencing, athletes — some of them Olympians — described how the sport’s culture allowed for abuse and objectification of young women and girls."

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[Tikboy-puiz]

During Olympic Opening Ceremonies, announcers will no longer refer to us as a country with no Gold medals. Thanks to Hidilyn Diaz! :)

[CondeDeBalayan]

In the last fifty years of the Philippines, this is truly one of its brightest moments! I am certain that all Filipino-Americans, Filipino-Canadians, heck, the whole diaspora join with the Filipinos and Filipinas in celebrating and congratulating the new heroine, Hidilyn Diaz! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

[ck]

Even just making your country's team (top 3 in the country) is a titan-level achievement.

[axreason]

watched the women's weightlifting 55kg session live and cried so hard because of Hidilyn's reaction to making that last lift and winning. very moving.

[lilianhaggland]

Respect for every every athlete there. ...even if you don't win a medal, you awesome to have made it to partake

[DrZaius]

In table tennis, there was a 12 year old girl from Syria. Yeah, she lost in her first round... against a 39 year old at her 6th olympic games, who has a daughter only 2 years younger than her opponent.

In women's road cycling, the gold medalist was so much of an underdog that the silver medalist had never even heard of her and finished believing to have won because clearly she had caught everyone who broke away earlier in the race.

[markrutlidge]

Well done to her, she is now super hero in her country.

[WienerVL]

Dont forget Dr. Anna Kiesenhofer! She won first Gold Medal in cycling for my country Austria since 125 years! This athlets are the reason for me watching the olympics!

[luxurycardstore]

I can imagine that people in the Philippines are probably going berserk. I am happy for all of the winners.

[lynn]

Wow! Congratulations to her! So awesome

[davidhand]

All my PH sir friends should be proud :)

The people of the Philippines are awesome! So polite and positive! I just love them.

[JillRhoads]

A US teenager (from FL no less) winning a gold in Taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics is truly amazing. Taekwondo is absolutely HUGE in Asia. So that has to smart for the powerhouse countries.

[Rebecca-zwpm]

Congratulations to Hidilyn Diaz, and as a a fencer myself, Lee Kiefer is The Queen!! 👏👏👏🏅🥇🥇

[davidgoldstein]

I watched the women's weightlifting competition and it was one of the best events I've ever watched. ❤❤

[santayadni]

Thank you John and Francesca for this awesome story. Such a contrast from the usual disheartening Trump and GOP news.

[uncomfortabletruth]

I have never been into sports but I have great respect for how dedicated and hard these individuals worked to achieve for themselves and their
Nations.
Congrats to all these champions and regrets for those that worked hard and only placed….✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[eddies]

That was a refreshing take on the Olympics, something that's been distorted by commercialisation and taken in just about every possible time and time again. Thanks.

[JillRhoads]

Ahh...Hildilyn Diaz picture was so amazing! What a wonderful sport to win in and SUCH a cute expresssion she had in it. You go girl!

[JessicaChastainFan]

I've been enjoying the Olympics, especially every single women's game. The passion in their eyes and their game is just inspiring as hell. Team USA for women's football is my number #1 ATM. When you've got star power like Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe, it's hard NOT to get pumped.

[zynpblgc]

It was a nice story of her. Congrats to Hidilyn