We have seen many, many unusual things already at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but to this point a naked speedskater has not been on of them. Russia’s Olga Graf came dangerously close to changing that after she won a bronze medal on Sunday.
When Graf’s time of 4 minutes, 3.47 seconds flashed on the scoreboard, she was ecstatic that she had set a personal best. The home crowd went nuts and Graf reacted by unzipping her uniform, forgetting that she was not wearing anything underneath.
Ohjee, Olga Graf bedenkt ineens dat ze niet veel onder haar schaatspak aan heeft. #os14 pic.twitter.com/LeCSZBKMx6
— Henk Walters (@HenkXWalters) February 9, 2014
Graf was clearly embarrassed when she realized and quickly zipped back up.
“I totally forgot,” she later told reporters through a translator, according to the Associated Press. “We have very good suits and they are very tight. … You just want to breathe and you want to take off your suit.”
Fortunately for Graf, the suits are so tight that she was able to unzip without revealing anything. As we have come to realize from situations like this, anything can happen at the Sochi Olympics.
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