BBC PRESENTER Gabby Logan isn't known for believing in conspiracy theories or fairytales.
But she suspects there might be a Tinkered Bell at the Olympics!
The winner's bell is a popular ritual at the Paris 2024 athletics.
But it's not been ringing quite true for Logan.
After Sweden's Armand Duplantis rung the bell vigorously to celebrate gold in the pole vault, Logan could hold back no more.
The BBC presenter suggested that the action of ringing the bell and the sound of it were not in sync.
She told viewers: "Now, I've noticed this, that the bell starts to ring before the timer actually calls the bell.
"I'm hoping, I'm not seeing.. It's like Santa Claus. Is that what I'm seeing?"
Laughing, she added: "Is this a bit of theatre going on down there?"
The suggestion from Logan appeared to be that Games organisers were chiming the sound of a bell into the stadium, rather than the sound naturally being made by the hefty instrument.
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Beeb pundit and American sprint legend Michael Johnson joked that his co-star just wanted to hit the bell for herself.
The former gymnast replied: "We will be investigating that, and maybe send you down, Michael!"
She added: "In the name of good journalism I want to make sure that that bell is real!"
Every gold medal winner at the Stade de France is given the privilege of ringing the bell.
Among them on Monday night was Keely Hodgkinson, who emulated Kelly Holmes by winning 800m gold.
Once the Olympics have come to an end, the bell will then be moved to Notre Dame cathedral.
OLYMPIANS are marking their feat of winning gold by ringing a bell at the Stade de France as well as receiving their medals.
The bell has "Paris 2024" engraved into it and has previously been used by rugby players who have won their match at the Stade de France.
Once the Olympics have come to an end, the bell will then be moved to Notre Dame cathedral.
This will be part of the building's renovation after it caught on fire in 2019.
Extensive restoration work has been carried out after the blaze caused the spire and part of the roof to collapse.
Once restoration work has finished, the bell will be hung in one of the cathedral's bell towers.
The bells of the Notre Dame have only been rang twice since the fire - one for the funeral of former French President Jacques Chirac in 2020 and one to mark the first anniversary of the blaze.
While Logan felt Duplantis' bell-ringing looked make-believe, so did his incredible performance with the pole vault was so incredible.
He extended his own world record by one centimetre to 6.25m.
But it was the ease with which he accomplished it - and the large gap left between him and the bar - that amazed observers.
It was indeed one "bell" of an achievement!
However, fans on social media had a ding-dong over whether the chiming is fun or a farce, an asset or awful, for the Paris Games.
One said: "I’m on board with the whole idea of this Olympic bell thing but it’s just weirdly low down."
A second admirer posted: "Whoever came up with that ringing the Olympic bell idea better be getting a hefty pay rise."
But critics called it "cringe" and "lame".
