The 2020 Olympics haven't exactly been easy to watch.

Yes, they are taking place in 2021 during a once-in-a-century pandemic, but what I mean

is that it's actually difficult to watch the events and festivities on TV, despite

NBC holding the exclusive broadcasting rights.

Finding out where to watch the Olympics is confusing as heck as things are spread out

over several cable and streaming channels, and then without fans there to post videos

and photos of the games, it kind of feels like we're missing out.

But there is one really good place to find those highlight videos, not to mention excited

reactions from coaches, fans, and the athletes themselves.

And that place is TikTok.

Here to tell us about Olympic TikTok is Vox's Rebecca Jennings.

Hey Adam.

Hey Rebecca, tell me about TikTok and the Olympics.

What's happening on the app right now?

So this is the first Olympics where TikTok has existed.

And I think what we're seeing, the same thing that we see from like celebrities who get

on social media and then we sort of start to put a face to the name and everything and

we feel like we know them, the same thing is happening for athletes on TikTok.

And so they are making videos of behind the scenes at the Olympic Village, other testing

out those beds, which is really funny, they're making like thirst videos for their fellow

athletes.

It's just like a lot of fun kind of, you see them less as athletes and more as people

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