Cast your mind back a few months and you might recall the cult following that a tiny remote Volkswagen car generated at Euro 2020, simply by bringing out the ball at the start of the match.
It generated tones of memes and some loyal fans but all good things must come to an end. Fortunately, though, the Olympics rolled around a few weeks later and wouldn’t you know it, there are more little cars in Tokyo for people to go gaga over.
New tiny Toyota cars, or field support robots, have been popping up all over the Olympic games in Japan, firstly at the Rugby Sevens event where it was seen kicking the ball between the posts, much to everyone’s delight.
A tiny car brings out the rugby sevens ball before the match and drops it on the pitchhttps://t.co/LXryLa1xSU
— Jeroen Bartelse (@JeroenBartelse) July 27, 2021
via @Eurosport_UK#Tokyo2020 #Olympics #Rugby #Rugby7s #robot@SpirosMargaris @labordeolivier @DrJDrooghaag @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @Shi4Tech @PawlowskiMario @FrRonconi pic.twitter.com/d5U2VvLypW
TINY LITTLE RUGBY BALL CAR!!! #Olympics
— Laura Lawrence ⚽📚 (@YICETOR) July 27, 2021
Yay! @TinyFootballCar's cousin, Tiny Rugby Car! Great to see you! 🏉🚗🤩 #Rugby #Olympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/osK78UPJ2Z
— Gillian (@agnetha666) July 26, 2021
Fans of tiny cars delivering balls to sporting events, rejoice. The #Olympics Rugby 7s has you covered #Rugby #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/rTwCx1Ddbc
— Steve McCaskill (@MickeyCaskill) July 26, 2021
Now that the track and field events are underway, they’ve also been spotted picking up the hammer after it has been thrown by athletes.
Wondering what had happened to the little #Euro2020 football-carrying car? Well... it's found a new job it seems. 🤣
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 3, 2021
Watch live athletics now on @BBCOne and @@BBCiPlayer now ➡ https://t.co/1nuS7AvblW #bbcolympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/jNsfqSb8cf
THE TINY CAR FROM THE EUROS IS AT THE OLYMPICS #Olympics pic.twitter.com/mrhZ6olG5b
— Gary (@Sedentary_Gary) July 31, 2021
THERE IS A TINY HAMMER CAR come on Olympics where is my TINY HAMMER CAR feed? #olympics
— Abbi (@thisaeshaw) August 2, 2021
I’m dying over the tiny remote control car used to retrieve implements in the hammer throw#Olympics pic.twitter.com/ozdaZOUm0N
— Alida Mau (@Themaumaumau) August 1, 2021
Unfortunately, the tiny car from the Euros didn’t seem to be impressed about this and claimed to know nothing about his distant relative in Asia.
pic.twitter.com/Hh2p0ECclk https://t.co/8RZJB02N0e
— Tiny Football Car (@TinyFootballCar) August 3, 2021
Are you sitting comfortably? Well, be prepared to have your mind blown. These little cars have been at the Olympics before. Here is one delivering some javelins during London 2012.
Love these mini cars used to carry equipments during field events at the Olympics
— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) August 3, 2021
The first time they were used was at the London Games in 2012 pic.twitter.com/A7AOtDvVf1
WHAT. A. TIME. TO. BE. ALIVE.
