--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:50:31.510Z og:title: The Internet Is Loving Jamaica's Opening Ceremony Entrance og:description: The internet is in agreement. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 10, 2018 4:17 AM UTC  PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 09: Members of Jamaica team during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 09: Members of Jamaica team during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Ronald Martinez—Getty Images  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) ```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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