Adele Pauses Concert to Show Olympic Women’s 100-Meter Final Event, and Fans Loved It

Kristen Wong | Aug 3, 2024

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Not even world-famous pop star Adele could peel her eyes away from the women’s 100-meter final event in the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

During the second night of Adele’s residency in Munich this weekend, the 16-time Grammy Award winner put her show on hold for a moment to allow thousands of fans to witness the live Olympic women’s 100-meter final via the enormous screens on stage. 

In the highly anticipated event, Team USA sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson took home silver with a time of 10.87 seconds. Richardson’s teammate, Melissa Jefferson took home bronze (10.92) while Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred clinched gold and secured her country’s first-ever Olympic medal (10.72).

Fans across the world thought Adele’s choice to air the race mid-concert was so cool. 

Adele halts her show in Munich to display the Women’s 100m Final at the #Olympics. pic.twitter.com/98n9SrLGj5

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 3, 2024

there's someone who's obsessed with blocking women then there's Adele who paused her show just for women's olympics https://t.co/VqnKAwqFBv

— Sam (@bbladdict) August 3, 2024

only adele would play the olympics during her show pic.twitter.com/NFkMRWEEJ1

— fran🪐 || she/her (@__fransje) August 3, 2024

Adele you’re a real one 😭 #AdeleInMunich streaming the women’s Olympics 100m semifinals before the show! pic.twitter.com/gSsIapVyrJ

— Naya Simone (@NayaSimone4) August 3, 2024

Adele pausing her show mid way through to watch the Women’s 100m Final at the Olympics… an absolute legend #AdeleinMunich pic.twitter.com/yWjDnf4INa

— tiger b (@tiger_brooke) August 3, 2024

Adele also kept the audience entertained with some fun banter about the Olympics.

Adele talking about how she was judging the Olympics knowing she couldn't do any of it😭 pic.twitter.com/XoKDIiyKDx

— caryssa (@dellyfromdablok) August 2, 2024

Adele is set to perform in Munich for the next month or so, and this may not be the last time she opts to turn the cameras onto Paris.