The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are well underway, and athletes from all over the world are showing their pride with Olympic rings tattoos. Peaking out from all matters of uniforms, the design is a marking of countless hours of hard work in each athletes’ respective sport.
The five interconnected rings, which are depicted in colours of blue, black, red, yellow, and green, are inked across athletes in a variety of styles. Some tattoos feature all-black ink while others portray the colours in the classic form. Many of the 2021 Tokyo Olympians have ink to represent their last win in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. This includes Team USA gymnast Simone Biles, who got her first tattoo in 2017 after dominating the games.
Take a closer look at all of the Olympic tattoos that have popped up in the Tokyo games so far ahead.
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USA's Simone Biles' Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Switzerland's Joana Heidrich's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Britain's Adam Peaty's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Italy's Vanessa Ferrari's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Canada's Jennifer Abel's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Singapore's Joseph Schooling's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Sweden's Michelle Coleman's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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France's Fantine Lesaffre's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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USA's DeAnna Price's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Morocco's Abdelhaq Nadir's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Canada's Shallon Olsen's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Cyprus' Marios Georgiou's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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South Africa's Bradley Tandy's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Iceland's Anton McKee's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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India's Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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Germany's Christoph Fildebrand's Olympic Rings Tattoo
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USA's Brady Ellison's Olympic Rings Tattoo
