--- title: Jamaica Winter Olympics 2018 March Wins the Opening Ceremony description: The Jamaican team's entrance at the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics made quite an impression on viewers. canonical: https://time.com/5142843/jamaica-at-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-10T04:17:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:57:37.085Z og:title: The Internet Is Loving Jamaica's Opening Ceremony Entrance og:description: The internet is in agreement. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=0bc5fab1-73a8-4112-84a2-83409ff1d9cb&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## 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)  _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 [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 10, 2018 4:17 AM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 10, 2018 4:17 AM UTC The Jamaican Winter Olympic delegation may be (understandably) small, but in the eyes of viewers it sure is mighty. The athletes from the island nation made a huge first impression upon their entrance at the [Opening Ceremony](http://time.com/5141561/order-countries-marched-in-at-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony/) in [PyeongChang](http://time.com/5141157/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-tv/) this year, with onlookers quickly naming them as gold-medal-status thanks to their energetic coordinated dancing, in which they turned the normally staid march into a party of their own. While the Best Entrance competition is fierce — they’re up against Tonga’s [coconut-oiled Pita Taufatofua](http://time.com/5141296/tongan-flag-bearer-shirtless-winter-olympics/), after all — Twitter is pretty unified in their support of the Jamaican team. > [](https://twitter.com/SheDrewBlood/status/962163645475098627) > [](https://twitter.com/Fiddies2/status/962159989761757184) > [](https://twitter.com/EstherTBenjamin/status/962157732680945664) > [](https://twitter.com/TheYBF/status/962163892716785666) > [](https://twitter.com/thebraceygroup/status/962166778821562368) > [](https://twitter.com/MaryAkemon/status/962155512983949312) > [](https://twitter.com/mistahsingh/status/962156746180579328) > [](https://twitter.com/meansockk/status/962166541856002049) > [](https://twitter.com/stace%5Fbishop/status/962157316740018177) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5142843/jamaica-at-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5142843/jamaica-at-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony/"},"headline":"The Internet Is in Agreement. 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