In glorious social media news today, Twitter has released hundreds of new emoji for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. 

Once the games officially kick off on Friday, users will be able to join in on the Olympic fever by tweeting a three-letter country initial, for example, #GBR for Great Britain. 

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Additionally, the Refugee Olympic Team has its own hashtag, #ROT, and emoji – the world held in a pair of hands. You will also be able to trigger over 50 Olympics and sports emojis.

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This news is #Gold. 

#Olympics, we are ready for you.

Bring on the #OpeningCeremony!

Ok, we're done. 

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Unsah Malik joined team ELLE as the Social Media Manager after working on the social media teams at E! Entertainment UK and The Guardian. She loves traveling, reality TV (#SorryNotSorry), and to edit pictures a pretty shade of pink before uploading them to her Instagram feed.