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08-10-2016, 12:41 PM
Why the internet has fallen in love with this Olympic swimming champ's adorable reactions
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Fu Yuanhui is clearly having the time of her life at the Rio Olympics.
During Sunday's semi-finals of the women's 100m backstroke, the 20-year-old Chinese swimmer found out during a poolside interview that she made it to the finals and clocked a personal best.
With unmasked delight, she says to the reporter: "I was so fast! I'm very satisfied!"
Later she talks a little about how much work she's put in to make it to the Olympics: "There were times when I felt like it was better to be dead than to live."
SEE ALSO: See the exact moment Chad le Clos regretted provoking Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/michael-phelps-chad-le-clos/)
Then on Monday night, after swimming in the finals, she got news of her bronze medal win from the same reporter. Fu had thought she didn't win anything, saying: "Even though I did **t win a medal..." but is interrupted by the interviewer who informs her she got the bronze. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/fu-yuanhui-dorky-reactions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Fu Yuanhui is clearly having the time of her life at the Rio Olympics.
During Sunday's semi-finals of the women's 100m backstroke, the 20-year-old Chinese swimmer found out during a poolside interview that she made it to the finals and clocked a personal best.
With unmasked delight, she says to the reporter: "I was so fast! I'm very satisfied!"
Later she talks a little about how much work she's put in to make it to the Olympics: "There were times when I felt like it was better to be dead than to live."
SEE ALSO: See the exact moment Chad le Clos regretted provoking Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/michael-phelps-chad-le-clos/)
Then on Monday night, after swimming in the finals, she got news of her bronze medal win from the same reporter. Fu had thought she didn't win anything, saying: "Even though I did **t win a medal..." but is interrupted by the interviewer who informs her she got the bronze. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/fu-yuanhui-dorky-reactions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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