The Tokyo Olympics have featured songs from famous anime and video games.

The athletes have also shown their love for anime throughout the games.

The two most prominent, because of how the official One Piece page recognised their tributes, were One Piece fans from Greece and U.S.

Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou broke out Luffy's Gear Second pose, while American shot putter Payton Ottherdal struck a "Super" pose by Franky.

Here are some side by side comparisons.

https://twitter.com/Sean8UrSon/status/1423113314922471424

Miltadis actually went on to win gold in the long jump.

Here he is giving a background of the pose.

Another athlete, and gold medalist incidentally, that appeared to shout out the long-running anime was Massimo Stano.

Yet again, Italian athlete Massimo Stano turned on Gear Third during the Olympics right before winning the 20km gold medal pic.twitter.com/T19wpTgv9F

— Artur - Library of Ohara ➡️ AnimeExpo (@newworldartur) August 6, 2021

There was some debate as to whether the sign was indeed shouting out One Piece, but the man is clearly a fan.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh6X8EFjaGq/

He also put up fan art of the Gear Third comparison.

The official One Piece social media for their part also paid tribute to their fans.

Dear USA shot putter; Payton Otterdahl

We sincerely celebrate the activities of our "NAKAMA" around the world with the utmost respect for your efforts and achievements. pic.twitter.com/wSpnifZyK4

— ONE PIECE スタッフ【公式】/ Official (@Eiichiro_Staff) August 5, 2021

Αγαπητέ άλτη από την Ελλάδα, Μιλτιάδη Τέντογλου:

Πραγματικά γιορτάζουμε και μεις, μαζί με τους φίλους μας ανά τον κόσμο. Νιώθουμε απεριόριστο σεβασμό για την προσπάθεια και τα επιτεύγματα σου! pic.twitter.com/l298Fv9Crg

— ONE PIECE スタッフ【公式】/ Official (@Eiichiro_Staff) August 5, 2021

Cool.

Other anime

Another popular tribute was athletes charging up a Kamehameha, the energy burst seen in many a Dragon Ball iteration.

One of the many athletes who pulled it off was American sprinter Noah Lyles.

Here he is blasting away the moon:

💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/MGAQMBYaPE

— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 4, 2021

Team USA raised an intriguing question though, was this the Kamehameha or the criminally underrated Hadouken?

Sound off: Kamehameha or Hadouken? #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/hMgfBSZusM

— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 4, 2021

Based on Lyles' previous Instagram entries, probably the Goku one.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B340eRtlXGv/

Other references littered throughout the Olympics include a Demon Slayer gymnastic routine.

Image screenshot from YouTube and One Piece Twitter