This Figure Skater Performed to Beyoncé at the Olympics and the Internet Is Loving It

The Olympics got under way in PyeongChang over the weekend, and while French figure skater Maé-Bérénice Méité may not have ended up on the podium, she did win over the Internet by performing a routine set to Beyoncé songs.
 
Méité skated to a medley of "Run the World (Girls)" and a cover of "Halo" by Jasmine Thompson during the women's short program on Saturday night (February 10).
 
As previously reported, an old rule was lifted earlier this year, making this the first Olympic Games to allow athletes to skate to music with lyrics.
 
The performance landed Méité in ninth place overall, but she nevertheless delivered one of the most memorable skates of the evening.
 
Watch footage of her skate, and see some of the social media appreciation her performance garnered below.
 

#FRA's @MBMeite fires up the crowd with Beyoncé. #PyeongChang2018 #FigureSkating pic.twitter.com/Vuw1zP9MnB

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 11, 2018

French Olympian skating to Beyonce! 💝💝💝💝#Olympics pic.twitter.com/qIUheImswE

— Rachel Rose Gold (@RachelRoseGold1) February 11, 2018

Let me have this please! @Olympics pic.twitter.com/W9ihcReyhV

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) February 11, 2018

Me: I always root for team USA in the Olympics!
*French figure skater does routine to a medley of Beyoncé songs*
Me after: pic.twitter.com/YFzAtW2GkR

— Owen Ellis (@_owen_ellis) February 11, 2018

Maé-Bérénice Méité of France ditching the frilly skirt in her costume and finishing her routine to Beyoncé's Run the World. I AM HERE FOR THIS GIRL #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/x3ELqBXFXR

— Elizabeth Smith (@eeeeelizzzzz) February 11, 2018

I don't care about how the skate goes, but Mae-Berenice Meité wearing pants and skating to Beyoncé is a powerful thing

— Andrea (@aaperezzle) February 11, 2018

I AM A HUGE MAÉ-BÉRÉNICE MÉITÉ FAN. Skating her ass to Beyoncé because SHE run the damn world. idgaf if she stumbled or not. she put these skinny white bishes in their place. #swag #Olympics

— janice 📦 box (@iamjanicebox) February 11, 2018

Thank you !!! :) and it's Jasmine Thompson 😉😚

— Maé-Bérénice Méité (@MBMeite) February 11, 2018

Meet Maé-Bérénice Méité, an Olympic Figure Skater from France.

- Dark skinned black woman
- Wore pants for her routine
- Skated to Beyoncé

HAPPY 👏 BLACK 👏 HISTORY 👏 MONTH 👏#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackGirlMagic #BlackExcellence #ItsTooColdForSkirtsOutThere pic.twitter.com/jYkEGqbkup

— Annie Y (@BooksAndBoujee) February 11, 2018

Maé-Bérénice Méité of France breaking out a routine to Beyonce and twitter's just like #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/pLPFdlJiYN

— CRT (@StoryofEverest) February 11, 2018