BuzzFeed · Aug 4, 2016
Please Never Forget This Bonkers Moment From The 2012 Olympics
1. So, let’s rewind to 2012. It was the summer Olympics in London, and a phoenix presided over all.
Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images2. All of the humans competing in events were basically superheroes, and the gymnasts were particularly memorable.
Streeter Lecka / Getty Images3. And one young woman, McKayla Maroney, blew everybody’s goddamn minds with one of the best vaults we’d ever feasted our eyes on.
4. It was fucking incredible.
5. Even the run-up was exhilarating.
6. Let’s see it again in slow-mo.
7. And look at that freaking seamless landing.
8. JESUS CHRIST ON A CRACKER, YOU KNOW?
9. YOU CAN TELL SHE KNOWS SHE DID GOOD.
REAL GOOD.
10. And she DID. You could see it in the judges’ faces.
11. Same.