It's the finals of the 100m at the Rio 2016 Olympics ... You pull out your phone, eager to be the first to make an animated GIF out of this momentous event and claim your own world record for ...

So he took that thought and tried to bring it a step closer to reality. He created an animated gif showing two Chinese divers jumping off the 10m-high diving board but ending up in two plastic cups.

The world is gearing up to watch the Rio Olympics — just don't expect to see it via the medium of animated GIF. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has forbidden media organisations from ...

Forget performance-enhancing drugs, the Olympics has just banned something far more serious from Rio 2016 - GIFs. Taking all the internet's fun out of the inevitable belly flops, missed shots and ...

Before this year's Olympic Games began, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rained on a parade of internet fun by banning the creation of animated GIFs. The policy is very difficult to ...

The staggering effort that went into building the venues for the 2016 Olympics, which kicked off in Rio de Janeiro Friday ... Barra Olympic Park rise in the GIFs below. Corinthians Arena in ...

The 2016 Rio Olympics brought us a heap of memorable ... which is why we spent the duration of the games animating our own GIFs with the photographs we were allowed to use. Now you can relive ...

There is a complete ban on gifs from the Olympic Games ... APPLICABLE FOR THE BROADCAST OF THE GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD, RIO DE JANEIRO, 5-21 AUGUST 2016”. The full text reads: “Internet ...

Fast forward two years to the Rio Olympics, and you might have expected ... But have you seen many #phelpsface GIFs? Nope. The International Olympic Committee has decided to clamp down ...

See No. 8 here. In Rio, Kei Nishikori won the point and first-round match over Albert Vinolas-Ramos despite this mishap. He would go on to upset Rafael Nadal in the bronze medal showdown (Andy ...