北京時間8月9日，里約奧運會男子雙人10米跳臺決賽，中國組合林躍/陳艾森憑借穩定發揮，一路領先，最終以496.98分摘金，幫助中國隊實現該項目四連冠。兩人干凈漂亮的空中姿態和入水動作獲贊無數，更有外國網友將其跳水的瞬間制成動圖。而魔性的是，圖中的兩人并非躍入泳池，而是精準落進了倆杯子里。

When Chris Nik first saw a video of two Olympic divers' precision entry into a pool, his first thought was that it was so perfectly executed they could have "probably dived into cups".
當克里斯?尼克首次觀看兩位奧運跳水選手精準入水的視頻時，他的第一反應是：動作執行如此完美，“沒準兒都能跳進杯子里”。

So he took that thought and tried to bring it a step closer to reality.
于是他試著將自己的這一想法轉變為現實。

He created an animated gif showing two Chinese divers jumping off the 10m-high diving board but ending up in two plastic cups. In less than a day it gathered more than 9 million views on image sharing website, Imgur.
他制作了一個gif動圖，展示了兩位中國跳水運動員從十米臺上跳下，但最終落進兩只塑料杯的場景。不到一天，這張動圖在圖片分享網站Imgur上的瀏覽量就超過900萬。

The eight-second clip features China's Chen Aisen and Lin Yue, who both won Olympic gold for the 10-metre synchronised diving event.
片段時長8秒，主角是中國運動員陳艾森和林躍，雙人十米臺的奧運金牌得主。

The response to the gif has been completely "mind blowing", Mr Nik told the BBC.
尼克告訴BBC，網友們的回應簡直“火爆”。

"I first thought of the idea when I saw them jumping so perfectly," Mr Nik told the BBC. "So I challenged myself to see if I could do just that."
他說：“我看到他們的跳躍如此完美，就立刻有了這個想法。于是我挑戰了下自己，看能不能把它表現出來。”

On Imgur the image was met with enthusiasm.
然后，這張動圖在Imgur上爆紅。

"Their dive is amazing. The amount of effort you put into making this is amazing. Me? I got out of bed before noon today" said one commenter on Imgur.
Imgur上的一位評論者說：“他們的跳水超級贊。你花費那么多功夫制作動圖也超級贊。至于我嘛？今兒我到了中午才起床?！?/p>

"I've watched this gif for ten minutes," said another.
另一網友稱：“我看這圖已經看了10分鐘。”

Mr Nik says it was "insane when I saw the views keep going up higher than I expected".
尼克表示“看到瀏覽量持續增長，比我預想的還要更多，這真是瘋狂”。

"I was actually talking to some friends earlier tonight and I was talking about the gif and they told me they had already seen it. They didn't believe me at first when I told them I was the one who made it!"
“今晚早些時候，我跟一些朋友聊天。談起這張動圖，他們都跟我說已經看過了。而我告訴他們是我做的圖，一開始他們根本不相信。”

The International Olympic Committee has prohibited news organisations from creating Olympic content into gifs - we are not reproducing the short animation here.
因國際奧委會禁止新聞媒體將奧運會的內容做成gif，我們就不在這里放動圖了。

An IOC guideline for news outlets stated that the "use of Olympic Material transformed into graphic animated formats such as animated gifs, GFY, WebM, or short video formats such as Vines and others, is expressly prohibited".
國際奧委會對新聞媒體的一項指導規定中，“明確禁止將奧運會的相關內容轉制為動態圖片格式，比如gif動畫、GFY和WebM格式，或者制作成類似應用軟件Vine上的短視頻”。

The rule is meant to protect broadcasters by getting viewers to tune in for official Olympic broadcasts, instead of getting the content online.
這一規定是為了保護電視轉播商的權益，讓更多觀眾收看奧運的官方播送而不是在線瀏覽。

Mr Nik says that for him "seeing a GIF doesn't satisfy my need for content, I'm not any less likely to want to watch the full video".
尼克表示，對他來說，“看個動圖并不能滿足我對內容的需求。觀看完整錄像的興趣不會因此降低?！?/p>

However, looking ahead, Mr Nik hopes to continue making more gifs that spread good cheer.
但展望未來，尼克希望繼續制作更多傳遞歡樂的動圖。

"It doesn't take any secret special skill to make a gif, but the big question is finding something that inspires you and that you know will make people laugh."
“制作動圖并不需要任何秘密的特殊技巧。最大的問題是找到激發你靈感、讓你覺得會讓人們開懷大笑的事物。”

英文來源：BBC
翻譯：實習生徐曉彤
審校&編輯：丹妮