A hospital presented its new born babies with tiny hand-crocheted Olympian outfits and gold medals.

Staff at Saint Luke’s Health System decided to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony by passing a plastic 'torch' around the babies in their care.

The mini-Team USA 'athletes' wore handcrafted swimming, weightlifting, boxing, basketball, gymnastics, and tennis kits for their photoshoot.

The crocheted swimsuit accompanied an adorable swimming hat and goggles, while the weightlifting baby joined weight class 7lb 6oz with their tiny dumbbell.

Around 20 medals gold medals were also made by nurse Stephanie Peterson who works at Saint Luke's East Hospital in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA.

She spent about two hours on the infant's medals to celebrate "how amazing they are for coming into this world".

She said: "Delivering during COVID is hard and it's nice to be celebrated. Everybody wants to win a gold medal.

"It's nice to incorporate the Olympics into it and make it extra fun."

The crowds - the tots' families - were invited to cheer on their athlete in the special ceremony and photoshoot, and even got to take the outfit home with them to keep.

This video was originally uploaded on the 20th July 2021.