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Michael Phelps, ‘Ryan Lochte’ appear at VMAs

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Jimmy Fallon dressed as Ryan Lochte as he presented the video of the year award Sunday at the MTV Music Video Awards.Michael Loccisano

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.

Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez (right) lived up to her nickname, the “human emoji,” as she and four of her teammates presented Beyoncé with the award for best female video at Sunday’s MTV Music Video Awards in New York.Charles Sykes

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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Not even Phelps could keep from reacting to Fallon's act: