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# Bermuda Wore Shorts to the Freezing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. The Internet Is Impressed.

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## Video: What to Know About the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics

[Watch (HLS stream): What to Know About the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1jERJuXH.m3u8) (2:23)

![What to Know About the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1jERJuXH/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2018-02-09. The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea officially kicked off on Friday, Feb. 9 with a highly-anticipated opening ceremony._


by 

[Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/)


## Tara John


Feb 9, 2018 2:52 PM UTC

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea officially kicked off on Friday, Feb. 9 with a highly-anticipated opening ceremony. 

by 

[Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/)


## Tara John


Feb 9, 2018 2:52 PM UTC

Freezing weather did not stop the Bermuda delegation from wearing bright red shorts and blazers for the opening ceremony of the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5064263/winter-olympics-2018-pyeonchang-ticket-sales/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5070315/winter-olympics-2018-location/).

Cross-country skier Tucker Murphy, who was accompanied by his coach Pepa Miloucheva and assistant coach Waxer Jeff Shaw, wore Bermuda shorts, named after the Caribbean territory, despite the cold temperatures— that dipped below 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

“That’s normal,” Dexter Smith, editor of Bermuda’s Royal Gazette newspaper, told [USA _Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/09/team-bermuda-sports-shorts-bitter-cold-opening-ceremony/322597002/)_._ “At the Olympic Games, winter or summer, we’re pretty much famous for our Bermuda shorts. …It’s not a novelty. Not be any stretch.’”

The Bermudan delegates were not the only islanders that were under-dressed. Tonga’s [Pita Taufatofua](http://time.com/5112498/olympics-2018-tongan-flag-bearer-pita-taufatofua-returning/) marched [oiled and bare-chested](http://time.com/5141296/tongan-flag-bearer-shirtless-winter-olympics/) during the ceremony as well.

Their frigid march comes a day after the British island territory became the [world’s first jurisdiction](http://time.com/5138941/bermuda-same-sex-marriage-repeal/) to legalize and then repeal same-sex marriage, which critics say is rollback of civil liberties.

See the reactions to the bold choice of attire below.

> [](https://twitter.com/gabycook92/status/961936746689675264)

> [](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/961930248362364928)


> [](https://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC/status/961929194736439296)

> [](https://twitter.com/ameliagmcmillan/status/961928858810265600)


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