{"id":416546,"date":"2024-08-10T02:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T02:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416546"},"modified":"2024-08-10T03:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T03:05:50","slug":"16-year-old-taisiia-onofriichuk-puts-in-a-thrilling-performance-at-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416546","title":{"rendered":"16-year-old Taisiia Onofriichuk puts in a thrilling performance at the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taisiia Onofriichuk turned in a routine at the <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/results\/rhythmic-gymnastics\/individual-all-around\/fnl-a0000100\">Olympics<\/a> this week that certainly embodied the inspiration behind her performance.<\/p>\n<p>Performing to Michael Jackson&#8217;s infamous song &#8220;Thriller,&#8221; the 16-year-old Onofriichuk became a bit of a viral sensation due to her seamless moves during her Olympics performance.<\/p>\n<p>The video was considered trend-setting when it was released four decades ago. Now, Onofriichuk&#8217;s routine has very much embraced the song&#8217;s cutting-edge feel.<\/p>\n<p>In April at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2024\/04\/21\/7452259\/\">Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup<\/a>, Onofriichuk took home medals in the ball routine (bronze) and clubs (silver). Her hoop routine was a real fan favorite as she even moonwalked at certain points of her performance.<\/p>\n<p>For a country like Ukraine that has certainly suffered dramatically over the past two years, the showing from Onofriichuk <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/results\/rhythmic-gymnastics\/individual-all-around\/fnl-a0000100\">in this moment<\/a> is certainly a deeply felt point of national pride.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This rhythmic gymnast did a Hoop performance to \u2018Thriller\u2019 and absolutely killed it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FrvJpMIrZb\">pic.twitter.com\/FrvJpMIrZb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShooterMcGavin_\/status\/1821701723741630680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Thriller&#8221; was considered a trend-setting video when it came out nearly 41 years ago and it propelled the <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/how-thriller-became-the-most-influential-music-video-ever\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThriller%E2%80%9D%20turned%20Michael%20Jackson%20into%20a%20superstar%2C%20reinvented,what%20will%20take%20them%20to%20the%20next%20level.\">aforementioned Jackson&#8217;s career<\/a> to international stardom. Crazy to think that the iconic video and song are more than double the age of Onofriichuk.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/olympics\/rhythmic-gymnastics-ukraines-onofriichuk-final-despite-attacks-drowning-out-2024-08-08\/\">with Reuters<\/a>, Iryna Blokhina, the vice president of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation, said that recent attacks in their homeland have hampered the team&#8217;s ability to train.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/espn-channels-to-air-6-high-school-football-games-during-kickoff-event\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">ESPN channels to air 6 high school football games during kickoff event<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/virginia-high-school-football-player-dies-after-collapsing-in-practice\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Virginia high school football player dies after collapsing in practice<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/quincy-wilson-rough-leg-in-olympic-sprint-is-going-to-be-motivation-for-me\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Quincy Wilson: Rough leg in Olympic sprint is &#039;going to be motivation for me&#039;<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Taisiia Onofriichuk had a Thriller inspired Olympics performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416548,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416546\/revisions\/416548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=416546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=416546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}