Bright spots include a new oily flag bearer, the quadruple jump, and audience members bravely defying the Olympic Committee by cheering
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images The 2022 Winter Games kicked off on February 4 in Beijing, and the first weekend alone delivered a truly mixed bag of NBC programming.
A new oily flag bearer Look at those slick, slick abs! This year’s surreal opening ceremony revealed that there are not one but two shiny shirtless flag bearers on God’s green earth. To fill Tongan tae kwon do fighter Pita Taufatofua’s oily shoes, we have Nathan Crumpton, who braved 23-degree weather to bring us all the sight of his oiled-up, shirtless torso.
Nathan Chen bouncing back Team USA came in second in the team figure-skating event, largely thanks to Nathan Chen. NBC very rudely kept replaying Chen’s fall at the 2018 Winter Games, but Chen more than recovered for this year’s games, where he nailed two quadruple jumps in the team competition. He’s expected to win gold in men’s singles, where he’ll face off against Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanu.
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