--- title: olympics streaker crashed the ice at the winter olympics description: An Olympics streaker crashed the ice at the Winter Olympics in a pink tutu determined to spread a message. canonical: https://time.com/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-24T21:50:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:21.724Z og:title: The Internet's Attention Is Devoted to Olympics Streaker og:description: People admire his confidence og:url: https://time.com/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt033dec73cb83495c/698928d2cf40a852c1c4b75d/gettyimages-82498335.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1927 og:image:height: 1084 og:image:alt: An Official escorts British streaker Mar og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet's Attention Is Devoted to Olympics Streaker twitter:description: People admire his confidence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt033dec73cb83495c/698928d2cf40a852c1c4b75d/gettyimages-82498335.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Streaker Captures World's Attention by Crashing the Ice at the Olympics in a Tutu > Sponsored content. 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AFP PHOTO/DDP/DAVID HECKER (Photo credit should read DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images) An Official escorts British streaker Mark Roberts after he "performed" during the jumping individual final of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Hong Kong . Ten riders jumped clear rounds in the first of two qualifying rounds of the Olympic individual show jumping final here Thursday. AFP PHOTO/DDP/DAVID HECKER (Photo credit should read DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images) AFP—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 24, 2018 9:50 PM UTC Move over [Alina Zagitova](http://time.com/5172655/alina-zagitova-wins-gold-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/). Step aside [Mirai Nagasu](http://time.com/5143814/mirai-nagasu-triple-axel-olympics-2018/). And yes, even [Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir](http://time.com/5166108/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-ice-dancing-canada-gold/), please take several seats for a moment. There’s a new act in town, and it’s this guy, the Olympics streaker who crashed the festivities in PyeongChang, South Korea, Friday wearing a bubblegum pink tutu and sock with a monkey on it. The invader arrived on the ice after the Men’s 1,000-meter Speed Skating event, and while he didn’t attempt any quads, triple axels or death spirals like the world’s fiercest figure skating competitors who came before him, he is a man with a ponytail and a message. Inked on his chest were the words “PEACE AND LOVE.” At least he waited until the event was over, and wants everyone to get along. So if judges gave points for good intentions, perhaps he’d nab some of those. This isn’t his first big ticket disruption. The man was quickly identified as [Mark Roberts](https://sports.yahoo.com/story-behind-infamous-winter-olympics-streaker-224334510.html), a U.K.-based man with a plan who has pulled stunts like these at more than 500 events including the right after the controversial Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show starring Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. He even crashed the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Also in a tutu.  An Official escorts British streaker Mark Roberts after he "performed" during the jumping individual final of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Hong Kong . Ten riders jumped clear rounds in the first of two qualifying rounds of the Olympic individual show jumping final here Thursday. AFP PHOTO/DDP/DAVID HECKER (Photo credit should read DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images) AFP—AFP/Getty Images See the Olympic streaker video for yourself. The internet has thoughts because when you arrive on such a widely viewed scene looking like that, it’s just what happens. > [](https://twitter.com/andreagonram/status/967132435132624903) > [](https://twitter.com/Songmaiden/status/967496355085213696) > [](https://twitter.com/ChuckKnox12/status/967226159959126021) > [](https://twitter.com/rag%5Flake73/status/967298592288464897) > [](https://twitter.com/nwchap/status/967241848749096960) > [](https://twitter.com/nbcjeanelle/status/967271648868016128) Some compared the invasion of the “[Soy Bomb Guy” at the 1998 Grammy Awards](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/soy-bomb-guy-who-interrupted-bob-dylans-1998-grammy-performance-reflects-20th-anniversary-q-a-1079125). > [](https://twitter.com/PowerVoiceOver/status/967467540162244608) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/"},"headline":"Streaker Captures World's Attention by Crashing the Ice at the Olympics in a Tutu","datePublished":"2018-02-24T21:50:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:21.724Z","description":"An Olympics streaker crashed the ice at the Winter Olympics in a pink tutu determined to spread a message.","url":"https://time.com/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt033dec73cb83495c/698928d2cf40a852c1c4b75d/gettyimages-82498335.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/blt033dec73cb83495c/698928d2cf40a852c1c4b75d/gettyimages-82498335.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An Official escorts British streaker Mar","caption":"An Official escorts British streaker Mar","creditText":"AFP—AFP/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/5174353/olympics-streaker-mark-roberts/","name":"Streaker Captures World's Attention by Crashing the Ice at the Olympics in a Tutu"}}]}] ```