--- title: Winter Olympics 2018: Akwasi Frimpong Dance Goes Viral description: The first ever athlete from Ghana to compete in the skeleton event at the Winter Olympics finished in last place, but first with the crowd. canonical: https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T22:07:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:44.375Z og:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympian's Dance og:description: He finished last with his spirits high. The Internet is loving this jubilant video. og:url: https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b1c708dc4e67b5b/6989280e4ee2623ab3310ed8/gettyimages-918781240.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympian's Dance twitter:description: He finished last with his spirits high. The Internet is loving this jubilant video. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b1c708dc4e67b5b/6989280e4ee2623ab3310ed8/gettyimages-918781240.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Last Place Will Not Stop Ghana's First Skeleton Olympian From Dancing His Celebratory Dance by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 16, 2018 10:07 PM UTC  Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana reacts in the finish area during the Men's Skeleton heats at Olympic Sliding Centre on February 16, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana reacts in the finish area during the Men's Skeleton heats at Olympic Sliding Centre on February 16, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Richard Heathcote—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 16, 2018 10:07 PM UTC The first ever athlete from Ghana to compete in the [skeleton](http://time.com/5162064/yun-sungbin-south-korea-skeleton-gold/) event at the Winter Olympics finished in last place at Thursday’s event — but he came in first in onlookers’ hearts. This was the day for someone at the Pyeongchang games to become Internet famous for dancing. And that someone was Akwasi Frimpong, who had the slowest time in skeleton. (For rookie viewers, skeleton is that fun-looking sport that sends humans [sliding down the ice chins first and hearts open](http://time.com/5162408/winter-olympics-luge-vs-skeleton-vs-bobsled-explained/).) Luckily, Frimpong’s last place status did nothing to dampen his spirits. When the athlete reached the finishing area, the never-more-proud competitor turned to the crowd and danced. Sure Frimpong may not be the world’s fastest ice surfer, but he has an animated persona born for [viral 2018 Winter Olympics videos](http://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/). He reminds you that life is a joy, no matter how many people rocket ahead of you in the race for glory. And this year’s Winter Olympics aren’t even his endgame. “I’m focused a lot on 2022 because my goal is to win a medal for Africa — and that would be a real big breakthrough,” Frimpong told [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-skel-m-ghana/for-ghanas-sole-racer-its-not-about-taking-part-idUSKBN1FW093). Because the Internet will always amplify an Olympian’s most endearing antics, the video of his celebration has made the rounds through Twitter and Reddit where people are proud of him for his attitude and representing his nation. Catch the Frimpong fever yourself, below. > [](https://twitter.com/CBCOlympics/status/964316871070642176) > [](https://twitter.com/M%5Fa%5Fr%5Fi%5Fe%5FC/status/964575877060231170) > [](https://twitter.com/lagon33/status/964553390805192704) > [](https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/964601492421447681) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/"},"headline":"Last Place Will Not Stop Ghana's First Skeleton Olympian From Dancing His Celebratory Dance","datePublished":"2018-02-16T22:07:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:44.375Z","description":"The first ever athlete from Ghana to compete in the skeleton event at the Winter Olympics finished in last place, but first with the crowd.","url":"https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b1c708dc4e67b5b/6989280e4ee2623ab3310ed8/gettyimages-918781240.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b1c708dc4e67b5b/6989280e4ee2623ab3310ed8/gettyimages-918781240.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 7","caption":"Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 7","creditText":"Richard Heathcote—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5163455/akwasi-frimpong-ghana-skeleton-dance/","name":"Last Place Will Not Stop Ghana's First Skeleton Olympian From Dancing His Celebratory Dance"}}]}] ```