I watched the 10K Biathlon Sprint tonight and was aghast at the medals ceremony! They handed out white teddy bears in place of medals! All three 'medalists' received white teddy bears instead of the gold, silver, and bronze medals. I know that I didn't miss anything since I watched it from start to finish. Did anyone else see this? I hope that I missed the actual awarding of the medals - but like I say, I watched it from start to finish and all I saw was teddy bears at the 'medals' ceremony.
Teddy Bears In Place of Olympic Medals?
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Turns out it's a replacement for the flowers that are traditionally handed out.
And what looked like a 'teddy bear' is actually a doll of the PyeongChang games mascot Soohorang...who is a white tiger...not even a bear!
During the Rio games organizers also scrapped traditional flowers instead handing out small sculptures of the Rio Olympics logo.
According to the Olympics website, each medalist will also be getting a wooden gift that shows "mountain scenes of PyeongChang and characters from the Korean Hangul alphabet spelling out “PyeongChang 2018” in the official Games motif."
It further explains that medal winners are recognized at the venue right after the competitions with a victory ceremony, and then again at the PyeongChang Medal Plaza in the evening. So Red Gerard, and the other snowboard medalists will still get their medals, just later on in the day.
And what looked like a 'teddy bear' is actually a doll of the PyeongChang games mascot Soohorang...who is a white tiger...not even a bear!
During the Rio games organizers also scrapped traditional flowers instead handing out small sculptures of the Rio Olympics logo.
According to the Olympics website, each medalist will also be getting a wooden gift that shows "mountain scenes of PyeongChang and characters from the Korean Hangul alphabet spelling out “PyeongChang 2018” in the official Games motif."
It further explains that medal winners are recognized at the venue right after the competitions with a victory ceremony, and then again at the PyeongChang Medal Plaza in the evening. So Red Gerard, and the other snowboard medalists will still get their medals, just later on in the day.
Who's The Best?!!!
So who is the best! It seems now that the Olympics Committee does not want to project who is superior. I can't believe that they didn't award the medals at that ceremony. The winners always got a gift. But they always were awarded their medals after receiving flowers in the same ceremony. Now they are presented their medals off camera? OMG!
So who is the best! It seems now that the Olympics Committee does not want to project who is superior. I can't believe that they didn't award the medals at that ceremony. The winners always got a gift. But they always were awarded their medals after receiving flowers in the same ceremony. Now they are presented their medals off camera? OMG!