This ain’t Texas, but Beyoncé is still taking over the Olympics.
During the Friday, July 26, opening ceremony, Beyoncé, 42, appeared in Team USA’s official team announcement video.
“Hello girls,” Beyoncé, dressed in a patriotic Thom Browne leotard, silk taffeta varsity opera coat and matching cowboy boots, quipped as the camera panned to Simone Biles and her artistic gymnastics teammates.
After the gymnasts greeted the Grammy winner, she shouted out the “fellas” competing in the tumbling events.
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— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 27, 2024
“Everybody enjoying the show? Oui Oui, Paris,” Beyoncé asked, before tweaking the lyrics from “YA YA” off her latest album, Cowboy Carter. “We snappin’ / Toms please / We wanna welcome you to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.”
She continued, “On behalf of Team USA, put them hands together / We clappin’ … T-E-A-M U-S-A.”
Beyoncé then gave viewers a “look at [Team] America,” including Biles, 27, Tara Woodall, Katie Ledecky and more athletes.
These hopes and dreams, these superstars [who] represent us,” Beyoncé gushed. “The people of this big, bold, beautiful, complicated nation. All rooting together for them. Come on, you’ve gotta love Noah [Lyles] and Sha’Carri [Richardson]? The fastest man and woman on the planet; they’ll race the world any time [and] any place.”
Beyoncé also gave shout-outs to swimmers Caleb Dressel and Ledecky, 27, before highlighting Biles.
And I know you know my girl Simone,” the acclaimed vocalist added. “Born to fly, destined to inspire. We’ve got superstars and we’ve got legends. We’ve got big dreamers who fought their whole lives to get here [and] who gave up everything for one shot and made it.”
Beyoncé continued, “That pride and that joy? That’s what gets me about this time and that’s what makes me believe in this team. That’s why I cannot wait to see what they pull off in these next 16 days.”
