Moments of joy, tears at PyeongChang Games
Feb 22,2018
Photos = Yonhap News
Athletes who have spent four years focusing solely on the Olympic Games have moments of joy and disappointment when the screen shows the outcome of their four years of sweat and tears.
Some exult and shed tears of joy for having done their best performance, while others are sent into despair and shed tears of sorrow after making an unexpected blunder or failing to defend their championship.
Regardless of a win or a loss, medal or no medal, the Olympians who have poured all their passion into the competition are all true champions and heroes. People from all around the world laugh together and cry together as the athletes make historic moments on the Olympic stage.
The images below show a series of Olympic moments of delight, disappointment and tears, of both joy and sorrow, across a range of athletes at the PyeongChang Games.
Germany’s Aljona Savchenko (left) and Bruno Massot cry for joy, lying on the ice, after they win the pair skating free skating final at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 15. For Savchenko, it was the first-ever gold medal after she had competed at a total of five Olympic Games, starting with the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
Lisa Buckwitz (left) and Mariama Jamanka of Germany scream for joy after they realize from the screen that they came in first in the bobsleigh women’s heat, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang on Feb. 21.
The U.S.’s Jessica Diggins (bottom) and Kikkan Randall shout for joy as they face each other lying on the snow after they cross the finish line first in the cross-country skiing ladies’ team sprint free final, at the Alpensia Cross-Country Center in Pyeongchang on Feb. 20.
Kaitlyn Lawes (left) and John Morris of Canada jump for joy as they become the gold medalists in the mixed doubles curling final against Switzerland, at the Gangneung Curling Center in Gangneung on Feb. 13. The mixed doubles curling discipline was adopted as an official Olympic game for the first time in PyeongChang.
Canada’s Sebastien Toutant rejoices after he finished in first place in the snowboard men’s big air final, an event officially designated as an official Olympic discipline at the PyeongChang Olympic Games, on Feb. 24.
Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland expresses his joy, holding up his national flag, after he won the snowboard men’s parallel giant slalom final, at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 24.
Latvia’s Diana Nikitina cries after her performance in the figure skating ladies’ single skating short program, at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 21. She finished in 26th place with a score of 51.12.
Lyudmila Belyakova expresses her disappointment after a loss against Finland, 3-2, in the ice hockey women’s bronze medal game at the Gangneung Ice Hockey Center on Feb. 21.
Marins Dukurs of Latvia, known as the ‘Legend of Skeleton,’ looks discouraged over his loss in the fourth heat of the men’s skeleton competition at the Alpensia Olympic Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 16. He came in fifth place.
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