Olympic Hopeful Mattie Rogers Is Already An Internet Sensation [PHOTOS/VIDEOS]
By: Evan Jankens
@kingofthekc
It doesn't matter which event is featured, but I will always tune in the Olympics when they're on.
I love everything about it. Just knowing these athletes are competing with everything on the line has me glued to the TV.
One athlete who will be getting plenty of attention is Olympic hopeful Mattie Rogers. Rogers, who is from Apopka, Fla., is a weightlifter and her social media presence is amazing.
Rogers has 18,000 Twitter followers and more than 260,000 followers on Instagram.
She became a viral sensation when she sent out this NSFW tweet while lifting weights. While lifting, she dropped the bar which eventually rolled into and broke a window.
According to nbcolympics.com:
After a year of CrossFit training, Florida's Martha "Mattie" Rogers got involved with weightlifting at 18 years old. She made her International Weightlifting Federation-recognized debut at the 2014 Pan American Junior Championships, where she placed third in the 63kg (139 lbs) division.
Watching Mattie lift really gives me inspiration to go and work out and try to get jacked. Ah, who am I kidding, if there isn't a weightlifting video game then I won't be doing it.
I will be rooting on Rogers in the Olympics if she does make it.
