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Following their amazing performances in the Olympics, many of the world's top athletes now have a lot more Facebook fans.
With the summer games coming to a finale yesterday, their influence on Facebook was examined in a report released today by Wildfire, Google's new social media marketing business.
Gold medal Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas now boasts more than 590,000 Facebook fans, a surge of 3,944 percent since before the games. The page for fellow gymnast Marcel Nguyen holds more than 197,000 fans, an increase of 2,451 percent.
Athletes such as Steve Lewis, Camille Muffat, and Automne Pavia have the most "engaged" fans, Wildfire said, based on the number of likes, comments, and posts from the athlete shared by others.
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Certain countries are also benefiting from the increased Facebook attention to their Olympic champions.
Jamaica is getting top exposure (likes per user) on the network due to sprinter Usain Bolt, who... [Read more]
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