The flag of South Korea has been spotted in unexpected places by attentive watchers of the PyeongChang Winter Games, providing Koreans with a pleasant surprise.
When Korean-American snowboarder Chloe Kim finished her competition in the women’s halfpipe on Feb. 13, the game which won her a gold medal, she was spotted shedding a tear with her parents by her side.
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(Yonhap) |
What caught the eyes of some spectators were not only her tears but also the delicately painted Korean flag settled on a fingernail of Kim’s mother as she wiped the tears off of her daughter’s face.
Park Seung-hi, who competed in the ladies’ 1,000m speedskating event on Wednesday, also gave watchers a peek at the tiny Korean flag on one of the fingernails of her left hand. Park ranked 16th in the game.
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Park Seung-hi races in the ladies’ 1,000m speedskating event on Wednesday. (Yonhap) |
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A tiny Korean flag peeks out at the tip of Park’s hands during her practice at the Gangneung Oval on Feb. 13. (Yonhap) |
Several other Korean athletes also sported the design of the flag on their sports equipment. German-born South Korean luger Aileen Frisch was one of them, with a Korean flag painted on her sled.
By Cho Yun-myung (
yunc39@heraldcorp.com)
