Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, the American synchronized divers, were the first Team USA athletes to medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
They gave Team USA their first Summer Olympics medal when the duo, who won silver in the women’s synchronized 3M during the first day of the 2024 Games, lived up to their “Cook’N Bacon” nickname with their second-place finish.
They went viral for that, but they are going even more viral for how they looked when they got out of the Olympic pool.
A snapshot showed Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, who had just exited the pool, at the nearby shower to get chlorine off of them.
The picture quickly went viral as it showed the ladies’ backsides as they washed their hair.
Here is how social media reacted to Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook:
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Bacon is a five-time NCAA champion at the University of Minnesota.
During her time at Stanford, Cook was a member of two NCAA championship-winning teams and a five-time All-American individual.
Team USA Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook Have Strong Connection Out of Pool
Sarah Bacon, 27, and Kasidy Cook, 29, say they’ve known each other since their Olympic dreams were just beginning.
“We’ve been competing against one another ever since we were little kids just back in the day in junior diving,” says Cook.
Bacon says, “We realized it was a great name then,” she told PEOPLE.
The Cook’N Bacon duo finished second behind gold medalists Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen from China, and just ahead of third-place finishers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen from Great Britain.
Both ladies stated their Olympic success is due to their strong bond in and out of the pool.
“I think having a connection outside of the pool as well as in the pool and in all aspects of diving is super important because we really get one another,” says Cook.
“We have very similar personalities, similar histories and I think, you know, sharing this experience with her and all the ups and downs of our athletic careers have only makes this medal this right here more special.”
