--- 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: 2026-10-12T08:59:02.303Z og:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympian's Dance og:description: He finished last with his spirits high. 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Going Sledding With Olympian and Luge Silver Medalist Chris Mazdzer_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 16, 2018 10:07 PM UTC Going Sledding With Olympian and Luge Silver Medalist Chris Mazdzer 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) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I was here with Chris Mazdzer Olympic silver medalist in the men single luge. Chris, how are you doing? Awesome! How are you doing? I'm good. Now, we're gonna ride down some tubes. [ LAUGH ] When was the last time you did something like this? Tubes is been many years, but sliding in general I was just a student like six or seven days ago. Yes, I saw that on TV. Yeah. Few days ago. So, you're in the luge. Everyone knows luge, skeleton, bobsled. What's the easiest of the three. Well, the easiest is just to sit in the back of a bobsled. You can just sit in the back and hold on for dear life. However, to push the bobsled fast, that is not easy. Sitting and holding on for dear life is my exact strategy once we get into the tubes, actually. Before we go down, how about we making it interesting? If I win, I got your silver medal. If you win, I will give you 10, 000 Korean Won. 10, 000 sounds pretty good. Got it. It's a deal. Let's do this. All right, see you at the bottom. I'll be waiting for you. [ LAUGH ] Sounds good. All right, three, two, one, go. [ MUSIC ] We are just beyond the finish line. Sadly I have lost. Chris you win again. I think I owe you 10, 000 won. I could've lost my silver medal there. That was close. That's what's fun. Thanks a lot for doing this. Congratulations. 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