--- title: Funny Viral Skeleton Iron Man Memes at the Winter Olympics description: The internet has memes to celebrate South Korea’s Yun Sung-Bin's Iron Man-like helmet after his historic gold medal at the Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T04:11:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:41.902Z og:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympic Winner's Look og:description: Here are the hilarious superhero Skeleton memes og:url: https://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5657957e2ea1fa82/698927dd22fb85f8d5e24c73/yun-sung-bin-korea-skeleton-olympics-iron-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2989 og:image:height: 1681 og:image:alt: Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympic Winner's Look twitter:description: Here are the hilarious superhero Skeleton memes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5657957e2ea1fa82/698927dd22fb85f8d5e24c73/yun-sung-bin-korea-skeleton-olympics-iron-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why the Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympic Gold Medal Winner's Look > Sponsored content. 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Yun Sung-bin of Korea slides into the finish area during the Men's Skeleton heats on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on Feb. 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Matthias Hangst—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 16, 2018 4:11 AM UTC South Korea’s Yun Sung-Bin made Olympic history when he won the men’s skeleton competition on Friday during the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/4932670/2018-winter-olympics-when-where/), bringing South Korea its first gold (and its first medal of any kind) in the sport. But as it often does, the Internet found an additional reason to celebrate Yun: his helmet. That’s right, Yun’s helmet looks strikingly like [_Iron Man’s_](http://time.com/4394478/iron-man-riri-williams-tony-stark/) outfit, complete with red and gold coloring and glowing eyes. Yun led his competitors after the first two runs, according to [NBC News](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/yun-sung-bin-delivers-gold-give-south-korea-its-first-skeleton-medal), and he won his gold by a significant 1.63 seconds. Nikita Tregubov, one of the Olympic Athletes from Russia, came in second place, and Great Britain’s Dom Parsons came in third. As Yun claimed his victory, fans on Twitter shared their enthusiasm that one of their favorite Marvel superheroes looked like he was getting a chance to participate in the PyeongChang Olympic Games. > [](https://twitter.com/4CivicGood/status/964337974941908992) > [](https://twitter.com/WufpakRed/status/964337539040600064) > [](https://twitter.com/ESPNMcGee/status/963959805923782656) > [](https://twitter.com/91ChrisCarter/status/964337585651896320) > [](https://twitter.com/trashidysadonis/status/964337365253787650) > [](https://twitter.com/bitterRedsfan/status/964337694783492096) > [](https://twitter.com/shrimpnastee/status/964338111714119682) > [](https://twitter.com/Laurpop44/status/964338100100124673) > [](https://twitter.com/rbglowboy/status/964090037683064832) > [](https://twitter.com/cfattovw/status/964337999432634368) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/"},"headline":"Why the Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympic Gold Medal Winner's Look","datePublished":"2018-02-16T04:11:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:41.902Z","description":"He reminded fans of a certain Marvel superheroHe reminded fans of a certain Marvel superhero","url":"https://time.com/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5657957e2ea1fa82/698927dd22fb85f8d5e24c73/yun-sung-bin-korea-skeleton-olympics-iron-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5657957e2ea1fa82/698927dd22fb85f8d5e24c73/yun-sung-bin-korea-skeleton-olympics-iron-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 6","caption":"Skeleton - Winter Olympics Day 6","creditText":"Matthias Hangst—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/5162067/yun-sung-bin-olympics-iron-man-skeleton/","name":"Why the Internet Is Obsessed With This Olympic Gold Medal Winner's Look"}}]}] ```