Between the real-life Olympic athletes to several athletic-themed performances, the VMAs felt like an Olympic rerun.
For starters, gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps revealed that he was listening to the rapper Future when he made the now-famous angry glare seen around the world during the Olympics.
And four members of the Final Five gymnastics team fan-girled out onstage when they got to hand over the award to Beyonce for best female video.
Finally, Jimmy Fallon impersonated swimmer Ryan Lochte, making false claims on his musical accomplishments — a reference to the accusation that Lochte filed a false robbery report while in Rio.
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"I couldn't tell you even if there was a gun to my head." #VMAs https://t.co/L55barVLKU
— MTV (@MTV) August 29, 2016
Not even Phelps could keep from reacting to Fallon's act:
Same, Michael Phelps. Same. #VMAs https://t.co/OxP4n0q1f3
— MTV (@MTV) August 29, 2016