The dramatic presentations of national flags at the 2022 Winter Olympics are enthralling fans online almost as much as the feats of sporting prowess.
Eurosport’s clip of a Chinese soldier’s snappy unfurling of the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee, only to have it cover his face, has garnered more than 35 million views on TikTok alone:
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And it’s not the only time the “strange visual” involving a flag has happened in Beijing:
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