Wild: Chinese Synchronized Divers Create Crazy Illusion That Appears To Turn Them Into One Person

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One of the big reasons that makes Summer Olympics so great is the spotlight that it puts on some sports that us Americans would rarely watch otherwise. An event that falls into that category, speaking for myself, is synchronized swimming and/or diving. The most experience I have watching something along these lines, other than the Olympics, is the opening scene in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me:

A good film. Very good. But back to reality, these two ladies put on an epic performance on their way to yesterday's gold medal. Take a look at this dive that turned viral quickly…

Yeah, this is just insane. There's a good 1-2 second stretch there where you could tell me that's one person, and I wouldn't flinch. And based on the response of this dive, plenty of folks agree…

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Where have we seen something like this before? On the sideline of the New York Jets. Enter Sam Darnold and Josh McCown:

Luckily for Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, their results were a tad better than the synchronized quarterbacks of the Jets.