Astronauts From The ISS Enliven The Closing Of The Tokyo Olympics, The Bolt Of The Race Without Gravity
Two astronauts from Japan and France, close the space Olympics event. (photo: NASA by twitter)

JAKARTA – The Tokyo Olympics have come to an end, with the closing ceremonies ending on Sunday. But before bidding farewell to one of these more unusual Olympics in our memory, the astronauts on the International Space Station have a few last-minute entries for jury consideration.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency posted a series of four videos to Twitter showing several ISS astronauts performing in zero gravity mimicking the race in the event, which would be a great addition to future Olympics. They even fly small flags of all the countries represented over their performance area. The videos are quite adorable with the accompanying sound.

They started with "lack of floor routine" gymnastics. although it looks unclear what it means, it is quite interesting, especially since everyone gets points for the style shown.

Next up is "no-handball" aka space field hockey, which seems much, much more difficult in zero gravity, and they adjust and modify the rules as they go along.

It's a favorite race of "synchronized swimming in space" they clearly work hard at this routine despite the lack of water that the terrestrial version of the sport requires.

Finally they have shooting or archery where they fire what looks like a rubber band at a target.

They even do a "closing ceremony" on Sundays. Aki Hoshide from JAXA (Japan's space agency) presented the Olympic flag to Pesquet France, very fitting because the 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris.

The actual Olympics were fine and smooth, and congratulations to everyone who won the medals, but watching the astronauts spin in sync with each other and hit small balls in space will draw huge crowds into the upcoming games.


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