The British swim team came out victorious in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. Each one of those four components of the race is referred to as a "leg"--and since it is a relay race, all four team members were responsible for covering one of the so-called "legs."
Tom Dean and Matthew Richards, two of the team, were on the air with BBC's Claire Balding, when she was complimenting them on their work done throughout the race.
To Richards, Balding excitedly said:
"Matt, you're 18 years old, it's your first Olympics, and you swam — honestly, your third leg was just phenomenal."
The comment about his "phenomenal" third leg was suggestive enough to make the swimmers both smirk.
And Twitter immediately picked up on the hilarity of the moment as well:
ICYMI - Clare Balding quizzing swimmers about their third leg https://t.co/BQAgfZgIrL— Ollie Samuels (@Ollie Samuels) 1627554314.0
Claire Balding has just told a British relay swimmer that his third leg was phenomenal. I’m done……— BarryFergEFC (@BarryFergEFC) 1627497832.0
a phenomenal third leg apparently. #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/RvKJXTy0Ds— 𝙺𝚒𝚖𝚖 (@𝙺𝚒𝚖𝚖) 1627557444.0
“Your third leg was just phenomenal” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/u5b4xnztcd— King David 🇬🇭🐐🇨🇮 (@King David 🇬🇭🐐🇨🇮) 1627552035.0
The British team also includes members James Guy and Duncan Scott, who did not appear in the interview.
💀💀💀oh dear https://t.co/yw9XKM0aPj— Josiah 🧦🥑 (@Josiah 🧦🥑) 1627576925.0
Choked on my coke when Claire balding said ‘that third leg was phenomenal’— Ashleigh 🦕 (@Ashleigh 🦕) 1627498436.0
Clare Balding after talking about a “phenomenal third leg” https://t.co/6Ft29Lq8Mg— PasKanté (@PasKanté) 1627564113.0
This is gold 🤣🤣 https://t.co/VW6yynAJvi— Owen Ludlam (@Owen Ludlam) 1627566957.0
😂😂 https://t.co/LEdRZsIeJJ— Genesis 🇫🇷🚀⚽️🚀🇫🇷 (@Genesis 🇫🇷🚀⚽️🚀🇫🇷) 1627560685.0
Richards, who received the compliments on his "third leg," made his debut European Championships in May. As a teenager, he has quite a big career ahead of him.
"Forever now," he said, "this will be something that I can say I was part of and it will be something I can tell my kids and hopefully my grandkids about one day."
Worthy of a gold medal itself 🥇 https://t.co/oH478pnMhx— Jonathan Johnson (@Jonathan Johnson) 1627560125.0
.@scott_mills @Chris_Stark we need you and @BBCR1 to bring back innuendo bingo just for this 😂 https://t.co/YUh88Gsos6— Sam Dixon-French (@Sam Dixon-French) 1627556263.0
this is so funny https://t.co/WXTevf7lVF— tia ❤️🔥 (@tia ❤️🔥) 1627555199.0
The smirk. HAHA https://t.co/ucaALaqogu— Steven Phillips (@Steven Phillips) 1627554833.0
Lmfao she on some freaky vibes https://t.co/yWJBmxFTF4— alberto (@alberto) 1627579336.0
Richards ostensibly has many phenomenal "third leg"s in front of him in his swimming career.