The girl, who studies at the University of Texas - ignored the advances of a certain history making swimmer
A girl regretted her hasty Twitter rebuttal of an Olympic gold medallist
A red-faced student blanked a Tinder match - who then became a gold-medal winner at the Olympics.
The girl, who studies at the University of Texas - ignored the advances of a certain Joseph Schooling.
On Friday, the 21-year-old Singapore swimmer made history by beating winning the men's 100m butterfly.
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He finished in front of Michael Phelps - the most successful Olympian of all time.
The student, who users Twitter under the name @sabwow, posted a message following his success.
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Joseph Schooling of Singapore celebrates after the men's 100m butterfly final
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Schooling had less success on Tinder, however
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She wrote: "My tinder match just won the 100M butterfly final and beat Michael Phelps.
"This is my greatest accomplishment."
She also Tweeted a picture of the swimmer's attempts to win her heart.
Schooling wrote: "Hey! How's it going beautiful?"
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At least the swimmer can console himself with his gold medal
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The swimmer beat the great Michael Phelps on his way to the gold
The single student replied: "It's going well! How about you?"
He wrote: "Good thanks! Whatcha up to?"
But after that, the young woman ignored him.
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Presumably he will be able to console himself with his gold medal.
Her Tweet has been liked an incredible 73,000 times and retweeted by 35,000 people.
Some even said they had frantically looked through their old Tinder messages in case they had ignored an Olympian.